埂
gěng

ditches for irrigation

Phonosemantic compound. 土 represents the meaning and 更 represents the sound.

Components

土
土 Meaning component
tǔ earth
更
更 Sound component
gèng, gēng more

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangkraːŋ
kraːŋʔ

說文解字

秦謂阬爲埂。从土更聲。讀若井汲綆。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)