堡礁 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

bǎojiāo

barrier reef

bǎo fortress

Phonosemantic compound. 土 represents the meaning and 保 represents the sound.

Components

保 Sound Meaning component

bǎo protect

保 also serves as a meaning component.

土 Meaning component

tǔ earth

Historical Pronunciations

	Old Chinese
Zhengzhang	puːʔ

Sources

Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Zhengzhang Shangfang

jiāo reef

Phonosemantic compound. 石 represents the meaning and 焦 represents the sound.

Components

石 Meaning component

shí stone

焦 Sound component

jiāo burned

Sources

Readings & variants: Unicode