Read Edit View history Discussion 垻 bà HSK7 an embankment Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Historical Pronunciations Old ChineseZhengzhangpraːs Sources Readings & variants Unicode Historical pronunciations Zhengzhang Shangfang 坝 bà embankment Simplified Phonosemantic compound. 土 represents the meaning and 贝 represents the sound. Simplified form of 壩. Components 土 土 Meaning component tǔ earth 贝 贝 Sound component bèi sea shell Sources Readings & variants Unicode