堤 = 土 + 是

堤 is a Chinese hanzi, listed here under the keyword “dike”. It is built from 土 (soil) and 是 (indeed).

Keyword: dike
Pinyin (Mandarin): dī tí
Script: Chinese hanzi
Also known as: плотина
Same glyph as a Japanese kanji: 堤 dike

Decomposition

ids

土 soil
是 indeed

How to find 堤 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “soil” + “indeed”. 堤 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 堤 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.