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Kanji Detail for 礁 - "reef, rocks"

礁

  • Meaning

    礁 means "reef, rocks."

    1. Reef - A ridge of rock near the surface.

    2. Rocks - Submerged rocks in water.

  • Words using 礁

    • 暗礁 あんしょう Listen reef; sunken rock; unforeseen difficulty

  • Tattoo check: 礁

    • Verified meaning: reef, rocks
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read かつあき, かつき, かつぎ, かつげ)

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 礁

    Surnames 礁(かつあき)Listen 礁(かつき)Listen 礁(かつぎ)Listen 礁(かつげ)Listen 礁(かつしげ)Listen 礁(かつとし)Listen 礁(かつなり)Listen 礁(かつの)Listen 礁(かつまさ)Listen 礁(かつみ)Listen 礁(かつめ)Listen 礁(かつや)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    reef; sunken rock

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    reef; jetty; submerged rocks

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    reef; shoal rock

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    jetty, reef

  • Onyomi

    tip

    shoh(ショウ) ショウ

  • Kunyomi

    tip
    none

  • Strokes

    tip

    17 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    石 (ishi・ishihen)

  • Related Keywords

    reef rocks shoal boulder cliff coral danger formation geology habitat ocean ridge stone submerged underwater navigation

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