The Japanese kanji for sea: 海
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The kanji for sea: 海
Water (氵) plus 'every' (毎): the water that is everywhere.
海
- Meaning
- sea
- Kun reading
- umi (Japanese)
- On reading
- KAI (from Chinese)
- Strokes
- 9
書き順Stroke order
海 is written in 9 strokes, in this order. The red line is the new stroke at each step. Japanese is written top to bottom and left to right, and the order matters: it is what makes handwriting flow.
Stroke data from KanjiVG by Ulrich Apel, CC BY-SA 3.0.
使い方In everyday Japanese
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 海外 | kaigai | overseas |
| 海辺 | umibe | the seaside |
敬意Wearing it
Sea. Simple and safe.
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