碉堡 diāobǎo pillbox Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 碉 diāo room made of stone Phonosemantic compound. 石 represents the meaning and 周 represents the sound. Components 石 石 Meaning component shí stone 周 周 Sound component zhōu cycle Sources Readings & variants Unicode 堡 bǎo fortress Phonosemantic compound. 土 represents the meaning and 保 represents the sound. Components 保 保 SoundMeaning component bǎo protect 保 also serves as a meaning component. 土 土 Meaning component tǔ earth Historical Pronunciations Old ChineseZhengzhangpuːʔ Sources Readings & variants Unicode Historical pronunciations Zhengzhang Shangfang
