珊瑚礁

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
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 forms

Etymology

Compound of 珊瑚 (sango, “coral”) +‎ 礁 (shō, “reef”).[1][2]

Pronunciation

Noun

珊瑚礁 (hiragana さんごしょう, rōmaji sango shō, historical hiragana さんごせう)

  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. 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
  2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: 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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