礁
reef, sunken rock
Readings
On'yomi
- ショウ
Kun'yomi
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Meaning
礁 centers on a rocky formation in water: a reef or a sunken rock, often just below the surface.
Most common words using 礁
- 座礁ざしょう
running aground; being stranded; grounding; beaching
- サンゴ礁さんごしょう
coral reef
- 岩礁がんしょう
reef
- 環礁かんしょう
atoll; circular coral reef
- 礁しょう
reef
- 暗礁あんしょう
reef; sunken rock
- 人工魚礁じんこうぎょしょう
artificial fish reef
- 堡礁ほしょう
barrier reef
- 座礁船ざしょうせん
stranded ship; ship that has run aground
- 暗礁に乗り上げるあんしょうにのりあげる
to run aground; to strike a rock; to be stranded on a reef
- 礁湖しょうこ
barrier lagoon; coral-reef lagoon
- 裾礁きょしょう
fringing reef
- 離礁りしょう
refloating; getting off a reef; getting off the rocks
- 魚礁ぎょしょう
fish reef; reef where fish live and breed
Study
Etymology
礁 combines 石 (stone) with 焦, which likely contributes the sound and the idea of something scorched or burnt, perhaps referring to the dark, jagged appearance of reef rocks.
Meaning mnemonic
A stone 石 that looks scorched 焦 rises from the water: that's a reef or sunken rock.
Reading mnemonic
For ショウ, imagine a reef just below the surface that you can only see when the sun is low and casts a long shadow: shadow -> ショウ, and the shadow reveals the hidden reef.