礁 — kanji meaning “reef”
礁
reef, sunken rock
- Meanings
- reef, sunken rock
- On'yomi
- ショウ (shou)
- Kun'yomi
- —
- Strokes
- 17
- School grade
- 8
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 1
- Newspaper frequency
- #1977 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 112
- Chinese reading
- jiāo — Chinese character page
Words with 礁
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 岩礁 | がんしょう ganshou | reef |
| 環礁 | かんしょう kanshou | atoll; circular coral reef |
| 暗礁 | あんしょう anshou | reef; sunken rock |
| 座礁 | ざしょう zashou | running aground; being stranded; grounding |
| サンゴ礁 | さんごしょう sangoshou | coral reef |
| 魚礁 | ぎょしょう gyoshou | fish reef; reef where fish live and breed |
| 礁湖 | しょうこ shouko | barrier lagoon; coral-reef lagoon |
| 離礁 | りしょう rishou | refloating; getting off a reef; getting off the rocks |
| 堡礁 | ほしょう hoshou | barrier reef |
| 人工魚礁 | じんこうぎょしょう jinkougyoshou | artificial fish reef |
| 座礁船 | ざしょうせん zashousen | stranded ship; ship that has run aground |
| 裾礁 | きょしょう kyoshou | fringing reef |
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