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碉

diāo
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 fortified blockhouse
  2. 2 pillbox; stone watchtower

Examples

敌人躲在水泥碉堡里。
Dírén duǒ zài shuǐní diāobǎo lǐ.
The enemy hid inside a concrete pillbox.
藏族村寨到处矗立着碉楼。
Zàngzú cūnzhài dàochù chùlì zhe diāolóu.
Stone watchtowers stand all over the Tibetan villages.

Tips

usage
Common in 碉堡 (pillbox, blockhouse) and 碉楼 (defensive stone tower). The original sense was simply a stone chamber or cave dwelling.

Components

radical
石 shí
stone
Left 石 (stone), the indexing radical. A blockhouse or watchtower is built of stone — the radical states the building material directly.
phonetic
周 zhōu
circumference; phonetic
Right 周 supplies the sound (zhōu drifting to diāo) and a faint sense of an enclosing, all-around structure. The same phonetic anchors 雕 (to carve) and 调 (to transfer).

Stroke Order

碉 diāo