珊瑚 (shān hú) — coral

Definition

noun
coral
Measure word ·

Examples

  • 珊瑚
    Hǎi dǐ de shān hú fēi cháng měi lì.
    The coral at the bottom of the sea is very beautiful.
  • 珊瑚
    Tā dài le yì tiáo shān hú xiàng liàn.
    She wore a coral necklace.
  • 珊瑚
    Zhè piàn hǎi yù de shān hú zhèng zài màn màn xiāo shī.
    The coral in this sea area is slowly disappearing.

Origin

Single-morpheme word
构词法gòucífǎ
联绵liánmiánBound pair

Two characters that only ever appear together, spelling one ancient two-syllable word.

The characters 珊 and 瑚 carry no independent meaning here; together they name coral.

Sound-only characters

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

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