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Chinese symbol for “atoll”

环礁
huán jiāo
Traditional: 環礁
atoll

The closest CC-CEDICT match for atoll is 环礁 (huán jiāo), defined as: atoll.

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Characters and stroke order

环 huán
bracelet, ring; to surround, to loop
radical 96 ⽟ · 8 strokes
礁 jiāo
jetty, reef
radical 112 ⽯ · 17 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 环礁.

WordPinyinMeaning
环境 (環境)huán jìngenvironment; circumstances
环保 (環保)huán bǎoenvironmental protection; environmentally friendly
循环 (循環)xún huánto cycle; to circulate
环节 (環節)huán jié(zoology) segment (of the body of a worm, centipede etc); (fig.) a part of an integrated whole: aspect (of a project), element (of a policy)
环球 (環球)huán qiúaround the world; worldwide
环境保护 (環境保護)huán jìng bǎo hùenvironmental protection
珊瑚礁shān hú jiāocoral reef
礁石jiāo shíreef

See also: Japanese symbol for “atoll”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.