dam / dike / embankment / CL:條|条[tiao2]

= + : The crab (贝) wants to use the ashram's bathroom (a4), but Beelzebub (b) built a dike (坝) made out of dirt (土) and the crab is unable to overcome the dike.
dam / dike; embankment / CL:條|条[tiao2]

坝 character breakdown

Tu (ethnic group) / surname Tu
earth / dust / clay / local / indigenous / crude opium / unsophisticated / one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 八音[ba1 yin1]

= + : Tommy Turtle (tu) wants to fix a cross (十) on a flute (一) in the space station's living room (Ø3). He uses dust and clay (土) to hold them together.
surname Bei
cowrie / shellfish / currency (archaic)

= + : Mnemonic symbol: a crab. In the Eiffel Tower's bathroom (ei4), the Neanderthal man (人) and Beelzebub (b) are fighting a crab with staplers (⺆), but because the Neanderthal man (人) can't handle the stapler he accidentally staples himself in the forehead.

Characters with 坝 as component

坝 is not used as a component in another character.

Words with 坝

freezing blockage / dam of ice on river
Xiangjiaba Dam, Yunnan, site of a hydropower station
earth dam / dam of earth and rocks (as opposed to waterproof dam of clay or concrete)
former county from 1983 in Chamdo prefecture 昌都地區|昌都地区[Chang1 du1 di4 qu1], Tibet / replaced by Qamdo, Zhag'yab and Jomdo counties in 1999
former county from 1983 in Chamdo prefecture 昌都地區|昌都地区[Chang1 du1 di4 qu1], Tibet / divided into Qamdo, Zhag'yab and Jomdo counties in 1999
Pingba county in Anshun 安順|安顺[An1 shun4], Guizhou
Pingba county in Anshun 安順|安顺[An1 shun4], Guizhou
a dam across a river
Shapingba district of central Chongqing municipality, formerly in Sichuan
Shapingba district of central Chongqing municipality, formerly in Sichuan
a sandbank / a sand bar
dam burst / collapse of dam
(of a dam) to be breached; to burst
Three Gorges Dam on the Yangtze River
Yuanba district of Guangyuan city 廣元市|广元市[Guang3 yuan2 shi4], Sichuan
Yuanba district of Guangyuan city 廣元市|广元市[Guang3 yuan2 shi4], Sichuan

Sentences with 坝

坝 currently does not appear in any sentence.