磯
jī

jetty

Components

石
石 Meaning component
shí stone

rock

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangkɯl
Unicodegiəi

說文解字

大石激水也。从石幾聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

矶 jī jetty Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 石 represents the meaning and 几 represents the sound. Simplified form of 磯.

Components

石
石 Meaning component
shí stone
几
几 Sound component
jǐ, jī small table

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode