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矶 meaning and stroke order

jī

Jetty, reef; breakwater, eddy

7 strokesRadical 石Traditional 磯
Strokes7
Pinyinjī
ToneTone 1
Frequency#1,865
Printable worksheet

How to write 矶, stroke by stroke

7 strokes in order. Each box adds the next stroke in red. Write top to bottom and left to right, and finish enclosing strokes last.

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Meaning of 矶

Definitions from CC-CEDICT, grouped by pronunciation.

jīfirst tone (high and level)
  1. breakwater
  2. jetty

How 矶 is built

Phono-semantic (sound + meaning) character. Rock.

shístone+jǐhow many

石 gives the meaning and 几 hints at the sound.

Radical: 石 (stone), shared by 114 characters on this site.

How to remember 矶

The stone radical 石 (shí) on the left tells you this is about rock, and 几 (jī) on the right gives the sound. Picture a few rocks sticking out of the water near the shore: that rocky spot is a 矶 (jī).

矶 is a literary or geographic word, mostly seen in place names for rocky points on a river or coast. A famous example is 燕子矶 (Yànzǐ Jī), a rocky cliff on the Yangtze River in Nanjing. Example: 我们去燕子矶看长江。(Wǒmen qù Yànzǐ Jī kàn Cháng Jiāng.) We are going to Yanziji to see the Yangtze River.

Common mistake: Learners sometimes confuse 矶 with 机 (jī, machine), which has the same sound and the same 几 part but uses the tree radical 木. If the meaning is rock or shore, you need 石.

矶 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

我wǒ更gèng喜xǐ欢huān洛luò杉shān矶jī。
I like L.A. better.
当dāng她tā在zài洛luò杉shān矶jī的de时shí候hòu, 她tā至zhì少shǎo有yǒu六liù份fèn工gōng作zuò。
When she was in Los Angeles, she had at least six different jobs.
他tā登dēng上shàng了le前qián往wǎng洛luò杉shān矶jī的de飞fēi机jī。
He boarded a plane bound for Los Angeles.
他tā中zhōng途tú在zài洛luò杉shān矶jī和hé芝zhī加jiā哥gē停tíng留liú。
He stopped over at Los Angeles and Chicago.
我wǒ应yīng该gāi取qǔ消xiāo我wǒ到dào洛luò杉shān矶jī的de旅lǚ行xíng。
I should cancel my L.A. trip.

Questions about 矶

How many strokes are in 矶?

矶 is written with 7 strokes. The diagrams on this page number every stroke in the order it is written, with the new stroke shown in red.

What does 矶 mean?

矶 (jī) means jetty, reef; breakwater, eddy.

How do you pronounce 矶?

矶 is pronounced jī, in the first tone (high and level).

What is the radical of 矶?

The radical of 矶 is 石, which carries the idea of "stone". Dictionaries list 矶 under this radical.

What is the traditional form of 矶?

The traditional form of 矶 is 磯. Traditional characters are used in Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau; 矶 is the simplified form used in mainland China and Singapore.

Is 矶 a common word in everyday Chinese?

Not really. Most people meet it in place names or in classical poetry about rivers and fishing. In daily speech, people would more often say 礁石 (jiāoshí, reef rock) or 码头 (mǎtóu, pier).

Why does 几 give the sound jī when 几 often means how many?

几 has two readings: jǐ as in 几个 (jǐ gè, how many) and jī as in 茶几 (chájī, tea table). In 矶 it works as a sound hint close to the jī reading.