珊瑚礁
Chinese edit
coral | reef; shoal rock | ||
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trad. (珊瑚礁) | 珊瑚 | 礁 | |
simp. #(珊瑚礁) | 珊瑚 | 礁 |
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
珊瑚礁
Japanese edit
Kanji in this term | ||
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珊 | 瑚 | 礁 |
さん Jinmeiyō |
ご Jinmeiyō |
しょう Grade: S |
on’yomi |
Alternative spelling |
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サンゴ礁 |
Etymology edit
Compound of 珊瑚 (sango, “coral”) + 礁 (shō, “reef”).[1][2]
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
珊瑚礁 • (sango shō) ←さんごせう (sangoseu)?
Usage notes edit
As with many biology terms, the sango part is more commonly written in katakana, as サンゴ. However, due to the large number of homophones in Japanese, dictionaries will often list such terms under the kanji spelling for disambiguation purposes.
References edit
Korean edit
Hanja in this term | ||
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珊 | 瑚 | 礁 |