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Zach

Reading

Kana: ショウ
Romaji: shō
Kana
Romaji

Meanings

reef, sunken rock

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  17
Radical Number:  112
Frequency:  1977
Grade:  8
Skip Pattern:  1-5-12
Korean Reading:  cho
Chinese Reading:  jiao1
Unicode:  7901
JIS:  3E4C

Indexes

Halpern Index: 1243
Nelson Index: 3220
New Nelson Index: 4048
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 5a12.2
Four Corner Index: 1063.1
Guide to Remembering Index: 1413
Gakken Index: 1792
Daikanwanjiten Index: 24502
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 8.0406
Remembering the kanji Index: 558
Kanji Flashcards Index: 1575
Kodansha Compact Index: 1411
Kanji in Context Index: 1553
1999 Kanji Learners Index: 840
2013 Kanji Learners Index: 1148
French Remembering the Kanji Index: 565
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 600
Essential Kanji Index: 1706
Kodansha Kanji Index: 1588
Roo 2001 Kanji Index: 3340
Tuttle Kanji Cards Index: 1878

Words

環礁 (かんしょう)
atoll; circular coral reef
岩礁 (がんしょう)
reef
暗礁 (あんしょう)
reef; sunken rock
魚礁 (ぎょしょう)
fish reef; reef where fish live and breed
堡礁 (ほしょう)
barrier reef
座礁 (ざしょう)
running aground; being stranded
珊瑚礁 (さんごしょう、サンゴしょう)
coral reef
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; to be deadlocked
離礁 (りしょう)
refloat
礁湖 (しょうこ)
barrier lagoon; coral-reef lagoon
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