矶
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breakwater; jetty
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How 矶 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
石 (semantic, “rock”) + 几 (phonetic, jǐ)
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 几
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 几 (jǐ) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 几 sound component | jǐ | small table; how many; a few, some |
| 肌 | jī | flesh, skin; muscle, tissue; meat on bones |
| 铅 | qiān | lead |
| 饥 | jī | hungry, starving; hunger, famine |
| 叽 | jī | to grumble; to sigh |
| 讥 | jī | to ridicule, to mock, to jeer |
| 玑 | jī | an oblong pearl |
| 虮 | jǐ | nits, lice |
| 麂 | jǐ | a species of deer |
| 処 | chǔ | place, locale; department |
Words containing 矶
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 加利福尼亚大学洛杉矶分校 | Jiā lì fú ní yà Dà xué Luò shān jī Fēn xiào | UCLA |
| 洛矶山脉 | Luò jī Shān mài | Rocky Mountains |
| 洛矶山 | Luò jī Shān | Rocky Mountains |
| 白背矶鸫 | bái bèi jī dōng | (bird species of China) common rock thrush (Monticola saxatilis) |
| 洛杉矶时报 | Luò shān jī Shí bào | Los Angeles Times |
| 白喉矶鸫 | bái hóu jī dōng | (bird species of China) white-throated rock thrush (Monticola gularis) |
| 洛杉矶湖人 | Luò shān jī Hú rén | Los Angeles Lakers (NBA team) |
| 栗腹矶鸫 | lì fù jī dōng | (bird species of China) chestnut-bellied rock thrush (Monticola rufiventris) |
| 蓝矶鸫 | lán jī dōng | (bird species of China) blue rock thrush (Monticola solitarius) |
| 洛杉矶 | Luò shān jī | Los Angeles, California |
| 矶鹬 | jī yù | (bird species of China) common sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos) |