礁
reef; shoal rock
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How 礁 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
石 (semantic, “rock”) + 焦 (phonetic, jiāo)
How to remember it
reef · Heisig RSH #1772
石 stone + roast turkey
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 焦
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 焦 (jiāo) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 焦 sound component | jiāo | burned, scorched; anxious, vexed |
| 鹪 | jiāo | wren |
| 蕉 | jiāo | banana, plantain |
| 瞧 | qiáo | to glance at, to look at, to see |
| 谯 | qiáo | tower; to ridicule, to blame; surname |
| 憔 | qiáo | worn-out, haggard, emaciated |
| 噍 | jiào | to chew, to eat, to munch |
| 僬 | jiāo | clever, alert; pigmy |
| 膲 | jiāo | the triple foci, the three visceral cavities |
| 醮 | jiào | to anoint, to perform a rite; Daoist or Buddhist ceremony |
| 蟭 | jiāo | mite, larva; mantis egg |
| 劁 | qiāo | to castrate, to neuter |
Words containing 礁
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 比基尼环礁 | Bǐ jī ní Huán jiāo | Bikini Atoll in the Marshall Islands, former US nuclear test site in the Pacific |
| 斯卡伯勒礁 | Sī kǎ bó lè Jiāo | Scarborough Shoal (Philippines' name for Huangyan Island) |
| 礁湖星云 | Jiāo hú Xīng yún | Lagoon Nebula, M8 |
| 大堡礁 | Dà bǎo jiāo | Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia |
| 礁石 | jiāo shí | reef |
| 礁岛 | jiāo dǎo | reef island |
| 环礁 | huán jiāo | atoll |
| 礁湖 | jiāo hú | lagoon |
| 暗礁 | àn jiāo | submerged reef (rock) |
| 触礁 | chù jiāo | (of a ship) to strike a reef; (fig.) to hit a snag |
| 堡礁 | bǎo jiāo | barrier reef |
| 浅礁 | qiǎn jiāo | shallow reef; shoal |
| 牛轭礁 | Niú è Jiāo | Niu'e Reef, disputed territory in the South China Sea, claimed by China, Vietnam and the P… |
| 珊瑚礁 | shān hú jiāo | coral reef |