Chinese symbol for “breakwater”
矶
jī
Traditional: 磯
breakwater; jetty
The closest CC-CEDICT match for breakwater is 矶 (jī), defined as: breakwater; jetty.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “breakwater”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 矶.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 栗腹矶鸫 (栗腹磯鶇) | lì fù jī dōng | (bird species of China) chestnut-bellied rock thrush (Monticola rufiventris) |
| 白喉矶鸫 (白喉磯鶇) | bái hóu jī dōng | (bird species of China) white-throated rock thrush (Monticola gularis) |
| 白背矶鸫 (白背磯鶇) | bái bèi jī dōng | (bird species of China) common rock thrush (Monticola saxatilis) |
| 矶鹬 (磯鷸) | jī yù | (bird species of China) common sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos) |
| 蓝矶鸫 (藍磯鶇) | lán jī dōng | (bird species of China) blue rock thrush (Monticola solitarius) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “breakwater”.
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.