珊瑚礁

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Chinese

coral reef; shoal rock
trad. (珊瑚礁) 珊瑚 礁
simp. #(珊瑚礁) 珊瑚 礁

Pronunciation

Noun

珊瑚礁

  1. coral reef

Japanese

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珊瑚礁 (sango shō): an atoll formed from a coral reef
Kanji in this term
珊 瑚 礁
さん
Jinmeiyō 		ご
Jinmeiyō 		しょう
Grade: S
on'yomi
Alternative spelling
サンゴ礁 (often used)

Etymology

Compound of 珊瑚 (sango, “coral”) +‎ 礁 (shō, “reef”).

Pronunciation

Noun

珊(さん)瑚(ご)礁(しょう) • (sango shō) ←さんごせう (sangoseu)?

  1. a coral reef

Usage notes

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

  1. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
珊瑚礁

Noun

珊瑚礁 • (sanhocho) (hangeul 산호초)

  1. hanja form? of 산호초 (“coral reef”)
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