磧

Information about character(s)

Radical: 石
Radical Strokes: 5
Additional Strokes: 11
Total Strokes: 16
Simplified Form: 碛

Pronunciation

Pinyin: qì
Cantonese: zaak3 zik1
JapaneseKun: KAWARA
JapaneseOn: SEKI
Korean: CEK

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: sand and gravel; rocks exposed at low tide; to crush

CE-Dict: moraine/rocks in shallow water

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.a moraine
2.a desert

說文解字 - Shuowen: 《石部》磧水陼有石者。从石責聲。

康熙字典文字版 【午集下】【石字部】磧
【唐韻】【集韻】【韻會】𠀤七迹切，音皵。【說文】水陼有石者。【水經注】佷子潭有石磧州，長六十丈，廣十八丈。【司馬相如·上林賦】下磧歷之坻。【註】磧歷，淺水中沙石也。【韻會】吳楚謂之瀨，中國謂之磧。　又沙漠亦曰磧。【杜甫·送人從軍詩】今君渡沙磧，絫月斷人烟。　【正字通】或讀戚責二音，義同。

CF-Dict: récif

Han-De-Dict: Moräne (u.E.) (S)