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礁 = 石 + 焦

礁 is a Japanese kanji written with 17 strokes, listed here under the keyword “reef”. It is built from 石 (stone) and 焦 (char). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 600.

Keyword
reef
RTK frame
600
Strokes
17
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
ショウ
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
риф
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
礁 reef

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 石 stone
  2. 焦 char

How to find 礁 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “stone” + “char”. 礁 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 礁 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.