礁

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礁 U+7901, 礁
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7901
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 		CJK Unified Ideographs 礂 →

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 Dictionary: 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

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 礁

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声) : semantic 石 (“rock”) + phonetic 焦 (OC *ʔsew). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

Note:
  • ta - vernacular;
  • chiau - literary.
Note:
  • ziao1 - Shantou;
  • ziou1 - Chaozhou.

    Definitions

    礁

    1. shoal rock; reef
      Synonym: 暗礁 (ànjiāo)

    Compounds

    Japanese

    Kanji

    礁

    (Jōyō kanji)

    1. reef

    Readings

    Noun

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

    礁(しょう) • (shō) ←せう (seu)?

    1. reef

    Korean

    Etymology

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

    Hanja

    Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

    Wikisource

    礁 (eumhun 암초 초 (amcho cho))

    1. hanja form? of 초 (“reef”)

    Compounds

    Compounds

    References

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

    Vietnamese

    Han character

    礁: Hán Nôm readings: tiều, tiêu

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