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海

JLPT N4 SL2 9 strokes Frequency: #200

Meanings

Sea, Ocean

Radicals

氵

Decomposition

⿰氵每

Etymology

Pictophonetic: water

Writing Practice

Stroke 0 / 9

Stroke Order

1 dot bottom-right-to-top-left

2 dot bottom-to-top

3 rising bottom-to-top

4 diagonal top-right-to-bottom-left

5 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left

6 curve bottom-right-to-top-left

7 hook bottom-right-to-top-left

8 vertical right-to-left

9 horizontal bottom-to-top

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

カイ kai

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

うみ umi

Words Using This Kanji

775 words total

Other (20 words)

glauconite

ocean floor

international trade

Shanghainese

rosy goatfish (Parupeneus chrysopleuron)

海八目ウミヤツメ

sea lamprey (Petromyzon marinus)

海藻類かいそうるい

seaweed

海軟風かいなんぷう

sea breeze

大歯団扇海老おおばうちわえび

smooth fan lobster (Ibacus novemdentatus)

団扇海老うちわえび

fan lobster (Ibacus spp., esp. the Japanese fan lobster, Ibacus ciliatus)

海上衝突予防法かいじょうしょうとつよぼうほう

Act on Preventing Collisions at Sea

海上交通安全法かいじょうこうつうあんぜんほう

Act on Maritime Traffic Safety

海洋性かいようせい

marine

海兵団かいへいだん

marines (former Japanese Navy)

chief navigator

nautical table

voyager

seaward side

playing in the sea

mirugai clam (Tresus keenae, species of gaper clam)

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