礁 (ziu1 | jiao1) : reef

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礁

ziu1

jiao1

reef

Stroke count: 17

Level: 2

Radical: 石 (#112)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

礁

This word has been viewed 2784 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 8th Feb 2012 13:23

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環礁 waan4 ziu1 = atoll

暗礁 am3 ziu1 an4 jiao1 = submerged reef (rock)

堡礁 bou2 ziu1 bao3 jiao1 = barrier reef

礁島 ziu1 dou2 jiao1 dao3 = reef island

大堡礁 daai6 bou2 ziu1 = Great Barrier Reef

珊瑚礁 saan1 wu4 ziu1 shan1 hu2 jiao1 = coral reef

礁溪鄉 ziu1 kai1 hoeng1 jiao1 xi1 xiang1 = Chiaohsi (village in Taiwan)

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Decimal representation of this word: 礁
Unicode code for this character: U+7901 (off-site link)

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