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Reefs 礁 ショウ Sunken Rock S 石 Stone

Kanji
Onyomi ショウ
English reef, sunken rock
JLPT Level 1
Jouyou Grade S
Frequency 1977
Components 石: stone
焦: char; hurry; impatient; irritate; burn; scorch; singe
Number of Strokes 17
Kanji Radical
Radical Number 112
Radical Strokes 5
Radical Reading いし・いしへん
Traditional Form (none)
Classification 形声 Phonetic
Keyword reef
Koohii Story 1 Coral reefs are now dying off due to our abuse of the environment and now look like charred stone. For a picture illustrating this, see http://www.nacri.org/images/Hof-dredgingfig8.jpg.
Koohii Story 2 Reefs are often formed from volcanic rock, or "rock that has been charred".
RTK Index 558

Tags: jlpt.n1, grades, kanjifreq1501-2000, kanji_nature_landscape

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