漢字Kanji · in Nature & Elements
礁: reef, sunken rock
JLPT N117 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met
石 carries the meaning · 焦 gives the sound
17 strokes
One reading, and the words that use it
ショウshou · on'yomi · in compounds
- 暗礁あんしょうreef; sunken rock
- 岩礁がんしょうreef
- 座礁ざしょうrunning aground; being stranded; grounding
- 環礁かんしょうatoll; circular coral reef
Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Imagine walking along a steep cliff and discovering a solid, square stone lying at the bottom. This is the essence of hardness and durability.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
Easy to confuse
The difference, side by side礁 reef · 石
vs蕉 banana · 艹In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · jiāo
Same form: 礁 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).
- Simplified
- 礁 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 礁 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin jiāo most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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