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瀬

rapids
Stroke count: 19

Readings

On readingライ
Kun readingせ
JōyōGrade 8KANJIDIC

Meanings

  1. rapidsRtK
    人生沈む瀬あれば浮かぶ瀬あるわけだから、あまりくよくよしないように。Don't be so glum about it. Life has its ups and downs.tatoeba
    京都府京都市伏見区瀬戸物町745745 Setomono-cho, Fushimi Ward, Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecturewiki
  2. current
  3. torrent
  4. shallows
  5. shoal

Synonyms

淵

Homonyms

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Same reading (せ)
背 · back

Popular Usage

瀬戸物

Radicals and components

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How it's built
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Mnemonic (RtK)

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water (水) · water droplets (氵) · water pistol (氵) · trust · bundle · Chaplin · tree (木) · wood (木) · mouth (口) · head (首) · page · one (一) · ceiling (冖) · drop (丶) · shellfish · clam · oyster · eye (目) · animal legs (儿) · eight (八)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1795

Compound words

瀬戸物せともの
earthenware; porcelain; china; pottery; crockery
瀬戸せと
strait; channel
浅瀬あさせ
shoal; shallows; sand bar; ford
早瀬はやせ
swift current; rapids
高瀬たかせ
shallow river; shallows; flatboat; river boat
瀬戸際せとぎわ
brink; verge; critical moment; crucial moment
逢瀬おうせ
rendezvous
瀬田蜆せたしじみ
Corbicula sandai (species of basket clam)
瀬戸ものせともの
earthenware
瀬戸内海せとないかい
Seto Inland Sea
瀬戸物市せとものいち
ceramic market
やる瀬ないやるせない
miserable
遣る瀬ないやるせない
miserable
遣る瀬無いやるせない
miserable

Additional Examples

人生沈む瀬あれば浮かぶ瀬あるわけだから、あまりくよくよしないように。
Don't be so glum about it. Life has its ups and downs.tatoeba
身を捨ててこそ浮かぶ瀬もあれ。
Risk all and gain all.tatoeba
京都府京都市伏見区瀬戸物町745
745 Setomono-cho, Fushimi Ward, Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecturewiki

Stroke Order

19 strokes

Practice Writing

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