珊瑚礁

珊瑚礁

1. coral reef

Compound of 珊瑚 (sango, “coral”) +‎ 礁 (shō, “reef”).^[1][2]

• (Tokyo) さんごしょー [sàńgóꜜ shòò] (Nakadaka – [3])^[2]
• IPA^(key): [sã̠ŋɡo̞ ɕo̞ː]

珊(さん)瑚(ご)礁(しょう) • (sango shō) ^{←さんごせう (sangoseu)?}

1. a coral reef

As with many biology terms, the sango part is more commonly written in katakana, as サンゴ. However, due to the large number of homophones in Japanese, dictionaries will often list such terms under the kanji spelling for disambiguation purposes.

珊瑚礁 • (sanhocho) (hangeul 산호초)

1. hanja form^? of 산호초 (“coral reef”)