珊瑚礁
Japanese
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Kanji in this term | ||
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珊 | 瑚 | 礁 |
さん Jinmeiyō |
ご Jinmeiyō |
しょう Grade: S |
on’yomi |
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Pronunciation
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
- 1988, 国語大辞典(新装版) (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
- 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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