礁

礁 U+7901, 礁 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7901 ← 礀 [U+7900] CJK Unified Ideographs 礂 → [U+7902]

Translingual

Han character

礁 (Kangxi radical 112, 石+12, 17 strokes, cangjie input 一口人土火 (MROGF), four-corner 1063₁, composition ⿰石焦)

References

• KangXi: not present, would follow page 837, character 9
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 24502
• Dae Jaweon: page 1254, character 15
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2456, character 15
• Unihan data for U+7901

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		礁

Glyph origin

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiāo (jiao¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄠ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ziu¹
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): ta / chiau

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ziao¹ / ziou¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiāo
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄠ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiao
    • Wade–Giles: chiao¹
    • Yale: jyāu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiau
    • Palladius: цзяо (czjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕjɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: ziu¹
    • Yale: jīu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dziu¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: jiu¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siːu̯⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ta / chiau
    • Tâi-lô: ta / tsiau
    • Phofsit Daibuun: daf, ciaw
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ta⁴⁴/, /t͡ɕiau⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ta³³/, /t͡ɕiau³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ta⁴⁴/, /t͡ɕiau⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ta⁴⁴/, /t͡ɕiau⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ta⁴⁴/, /t͡ɕiau⁴⁴/

Note:

• ta - vernacular;
• chiau - literary.

• (Teochew)
  • Peng'im: ziao¹ / ziou¹
  • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsiau / tsiou
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siau³³/, /t͡siou³³/

Note:

• ziao1 - Shantou;
• ziou1 - Chaozhou.

Definitions

礁

1. shoal rock; reef

   Synonym: 暗礁 (ànjiāo)

Compounds

• 伏礁
• 堡礁 (bǎojiāo)
• 大堡礁 (Dà Bǎojiāo)
• 岩礁
• 暗礁 (ànjiāo)

• 永暑礁 (Yǒngshǔjiāo)
• 珊瑚礁 (shānhújiāo)
• 礁岩
• 礁溪 (Jiāoxī)
• 礁石 (jiāoshí)

• 人工魚礁／人工鱼礁
• 大陸礁層／大陆礁层
• 彈丸礁／弹丸礁 (Dànwánjiāo)
• 礁溪鄉／礁溪乡
• 觸礁／触礁 (chùjiāo)

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Japanese

Kanji

礁

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

1. reef

Readings

• On (unclassified): しょう (shō, Jōyō)
• Kun: かくれいわ (kakureiwa, 礁)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
礁
しょう Grade: S
on’yomi

Noun

礁(しょう) • (shō) 

1. reef

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Korean

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 礁. Recorded as Middle Korean 쵸 (chyo) (Yale: chyo) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.

Hanja

Wikisource

礁 (eumhun 암초 초 (amcho cho))

1. Hanja form^? of 초 (“reef”).

Compounds

Compounds

• 좌초 (坐礁, jwacho)
• 암초 (暗礁, amcho)
• 초석 (礁石, choseok)
• 산호초 (珊瑚礁, sanhocho)

References

• 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典. [1]

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Vietnamese

Han character

礁: Hán Nôm readings: tiều, tiêu

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