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海

Sea
Stroke count: 9

Readings

On readingカイ
Kun readingうみ
JLPT level: N4JōyōGrade 2Level 6

Meanings

  1. seaRtK
    かつてこの海域には海賊がよく出没していた。Pirates once appeared frequently in this area of the sea.tatoeba
    日本近海で対馬海流を横断して西進する。Ships crossed the Tsushima current in the sea near Japan and went westward.wiki
  2. ocean
  1. waters

Homonyms

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Same reading (うみ)
生み · birth

Popular Usage

海岸海外海洋海水浴海路海運海峡海抜海流

Radicals and components

Radical水water氵variant氺variant
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Mnemonic (RtK)

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water (水) · water droplets (氵) · water pistol (氵) · every · reclining · lying down · mother (母) · breasts

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 500

Compound words

海岸かいがん
seashore; coast; seaside; waterfront; beach
海外かいがい
foreign; abroad; overseas
海洋かいよう
ocean; sea
海水浴かいすいよく
swimming in the ocean; sea bathing; seawater bath; going for a dip in the ocean
東海とうかい
Tōkai region (of Honshu; incl. Aichi, Shizuoka, Mie and southern Gifu prefectures); eastern sea; Tōkaidō (Edo-period Edo-Kyoto highway); Japan
蒼海そうかい
the blue sea; blue waters
雲海うんかい
sea of clouds
海運かいうん
maritime transport; shipping
海峡かいきょう
channel (e.g. between two land masses); strait
海抜かいばつ
height above sea level
海流かいりゅう
ocean current
海路かいろ
sea route
沿海えんかい
sea along the coast; coastal waters; inshore waters; coast
海域かいいき
area of sea; waters
海軍かいぐん
navy; naval force
海溝かいこう
oceanic trench; deep-sea trench; deep
海上かいじょう
(on the) sea; surface of the sea
海水かいすい
seawater; saltwater
海藻かいそう
seaweed
海賊かいぞく
pirate
海苔のり
nori; laver; edible seaweed, usu. Porphyra yezoensis or P. tenera, usu. dried and pressed into sheets
海中かいちゅう
in the sea
海底かいてい
bottom of the ocean; seafloor; seabed; undersea; submarine
海難かいなん
accident at sea; sea disaster; shipwreck

Additional Examples

彼は浜辺へ行き、海上はるか彼方の水平線を眺めた。
He went to the beach, and looked far across the sea toward the horizon.tatoeba
彼は飛行機での海外旅行を好む。
He likes travelling abroad by air.tatoeba
彼は熱海へ転地に行った。
He went to Atami for a change of air.tatoeba
彼は特派員として海外に派遣された。
He was sent abroad as a correspondent.tatoeba
海岸：若狭湾、天橋立
Seaside: Wakasa Bay, Amanohashidatewiki
鵠沼海岸で行われた。
It was held at the Kugenuma-Kaigan seashore.wiki
丹後由良海水浴場
Tango-yura beachwiki
牛乳や海水浴などの普及も行う。
He also familiarized milk, sea bathing and so on.wiki
基礎海洋生物学部門
Division of Basic Marine Biologywiki
冷たく湿った海洋性の気団。
It is a cold and wet maritime air mass.wiki
- 天皇の喪が帰りの海路に出航。
- The empress's mourners began their sea journey home.wiki
そして、軍艦開陽丸で海路江戸へ逃走した。
Then he boarded the Kaiyo Maru Warship and fled to Edo-jo Castle by the sea route.wiki
運行会社：興亜海運。
Operated by Heung-A Shipping Co., Ltd.wiki
運航会社：飯野海運。
Operated by Ino Kaiun Kaisha Ltd.wiki
海峡 寒川光太郎
Kaikyo (Strait) by Kotaro SAMUKAWAwiki
紀淡海峡の友ヶ島の中の沖ノ島
Okinoshima Island, among the Tomogashima Islands in the Kitan Strait.wiki
海抜 - 325ｍ
325 m above sea levelwiki
諸説として御所との海抜が同じだという意見もある。
Another theory is that this is the altitude above sea level of the Kyoto Imperial Palace.wiki

Stroke Order

9 strokes

Sea. 氵 (water) + 毎 (every) — water that comes in again and again.

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 海

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