磯

Information about character(s)

Radical: 石
Radical Strokes: 5
Additional Strokes: 12
Total Strokes: 17
Simplified Form: 矶

Pronunciation

Pinyin: jī
Cantonese: gei1
JapaneseKun: ISO
JapaneseOn: KI
Korean: KI

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: jetty; submerged rock; eddy

CE-Dict: breakwater/jetty

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.a rocky cliff on the water's edge; water-surrounded rocks
2.rocks that water pounds against; stones in a river, interrupting and fretting the current

說文解字 - Shuowen: 《石部》磯大石激水也。从石幾聲。

康熙字典文字版 【午集下】【石字部】磯
【廣韻】居依切【集韻】【韻會】居希切，𠀤音機。【玉篇】水中磧也。【增韻】石激水曰磯。【孟子】是不可磯也。【疏】磯者，磯激也。石之激水，順其流而激之。　又【玉篇】摩也。

Japanese Places Iso (loc)

Japanese-English River and Water Resources Glossary cliffed coast
iso
rocky coast
shore

CF-Dict: écueil, rocher/obstacle

Han-De-Dict: Wellenbrecher (u.E.) (S)