jetty

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound. Simplified form of .

Components
石 meaning component

  Meaning component

shídàn

  

stone

几 sound component

  Sound component

  

small table

Evolution

矶 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
矶 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
矶 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

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jetty; submerged rock; eddy; breakwater

Most common words with 矶
Freq.
Word
Meaning

洛杉矶

Los Angeles, California

jetty

加利福尼亚大学洛杉矶分校

UCLA

洛矶山脉

Rocky Mountains

洛矶山

Rocky Mountains