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Kanji Detail for 汐 - "evening tide"

汐

  • Meaning

    汐 means "evening tide." Also associated with tidal flow.

    1. Evening tide - The tide at dusk; ebb tide.

    2. Tidal flow - The movement of water influenced by the moon.

  • Tattoo check: 汐

    • Verified meaning: evening tide
    • Jinmeiyō kanji — officially approved for use in Japanese given names
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read うしお, しーた, しお, しおさき)
    • Also carries these associations: tidal flow

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 汐

    Given names 汐(うしお)Listen 汐(しーた)Listen 汐(しお)Listen 汐(しほ)Listen

    Surnames 汐(しおさき)Listen 汐(しおざき)Listen 汐(じゃく)Listen 汐(せき)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    eventide; tide; salt water; opportunity

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    night tides, evening ebb tide

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    night tides; evening ebbtide; Taiwan pr. [xi4]

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    night tide, evening ebb tide

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    Ocean tides in the morning are called 潮; in the evening they are called 汐.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    seki(セキ) セキ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    sei(せい) せい

    shio(しお) しお

    ushio(うしお) うしお

  • Strokes

    tip

    6 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    水 氵 氺 (mizu・sanzui・shitamizu)

  • Related Keywords

    evening tide tidal flow ebb current shore bay beach coastal sea ocean dusk twilight sunset surge swell water

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