礁
礁 — Reef
reef, sunken rock
On’yomiショウ (shou)
Kun’yomi—
Stroke order (17 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 礁
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 暗礁 | あんしょう anshou | reef; sunken rock; unforeseen difficulty |
| 岩礁 | がんしょう ganshou | reef |
| 座礁 | ざしょう zashou | running aground; being stranded; grounding |
| 環礁 | かんしょう kanshou | atoll; circular coral reef |
Study notes
礁 is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 17 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #1977 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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