Chinese

Noun

珊瑚

1. coral
   • （罽賓國）出封牛、水牛、象、大狗、沐猴、孔爵、珠璣、珊瑚、虎魄、璧流離。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     （罽宾国）出封牛、水牛、象、大狗、沐猴、孔爵、珠玑、珊瑚、虎魄、璧流离。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
     From: The Book of Han, circa 1st century CE

     (Jìbīn guó) chū fēngniú, shuǐniú, xiàng, dàgǒu, mùhóu, kǒngjué, zhūjī, shānhú, hǔpò, bìliúlí. [Pinyin]

     (The country of Jibin in the Western Regions) produces bison, buffalo, elephants, big dogs (kuchis?), macaques, peacocks, jewels, corals, ambers and cat's eyes.

Derived terms

Descendants

Japanese

珊瑚 (sango): a piece of coral.

Etymology

From Chinese 珊瑚.

Pronunciation

• On'yomi: Goon
• (Tokyo) さ​んご [sáꜜǹgò] (Atamadaka - [1])^[1][2]
• IPA^(key): [sã̠ŋɡ̃o̞]

Noun

珊瑚 ‎(hiragana さんご, katakana サンゴ, romaji sango)

1. coral

Usage notes

As with many biology terms, this term is often 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.

Derived terms

References

1. ↑ 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9
2. ↑ 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, ISBN 978-4-14-011112-3

Korean

Noun

珊瑚 • ‎(sanho) ‎(hangeul 산호)

1. Hanja form^? of 산호, “coral”.

Okinawan

Etymology

Cognate with mainland Japanese 珊瑚 ‎(sango).

Noun

珊瑚 ‎(hiragana さんぐ, romaji sangu)

1. coral

Vietnamese

Noun

珊瑚

1. Hán tự form of san hô, “coral”