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Chinese symbol for “lagoon”

礁湖
jiāo hú
lagoon

The closest CC-CEDICT match for lagoon is 礁湖 (jiāo hú), defined as: lagoon.

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Characters and stroke order

礁 jiāo
jetty, reef
radical 112 ⽯ · 17 strokes
湖 hú
lake; Hubei, Hunan; bluish-green
radical 85 ⽔ · 12 strokes

Other Chinese words for “lagoon”

WordPinyinMeaning
潟湖xì húlagoon

Related words

Other words that share a character with 礁湖.

WordPinyinMeaning
珊瑚礁shān hú jiāocoral reef
礁石jiāo shíreef
暗礁àn jiāosubmerged reef (rock)
环礁 (環礁)huán jiāoatoll
触礁 (觸礁)chù jiāo(of a ship) to strike a reef; (fig.) to hit a snag
堡礁bǎo jiāobarrier reef
湖泊hú pōlake
江湖jiāng húrivers and lakes; all corners of the country; remote areas to which hermits retreat

See also: Japanese symbol for “lagoon”.

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.