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Kanji Detail for 沿 - "along, to follow"

沿

  • Meaning

    沿 means "along, to follow." Also associated with edge.

    1. Along - Following the course of; beside.

    2. Follow - To go according to; to comply.

    3. Edge - The border; the margin.

  • Words using 沿

    • 沿って そって Listen along; by; parallel to
    • 沿岸 えんがん Listen coast; shore; coastal waters
    • 沿道 えんどう Listen roadside; wayside; route
    • 沿線 えんせん Listen places alongside a railway line, bus route, major thoroughfare, etc.
    • 川沿い かわぞい Listen along the river; riverside
    • 沿海 えんかい Listen sea along the coast; coastal waters; inshore waters
    • 沿海州 えんかいしゅう Listen Primorskaya Oblast (Russia)
    • 沿う そう Listen to run along; to run beside; to stick to (a line)

  • Tattoo check: 沿

    • Verified meaning: along, to follow
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Also carries these associations: edge

    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.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    run alongside; follow along; run along; lie along

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    follow a course, go along

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    along; to follow (a line, tradition etc); to carry on; to trim (a border with braid, tape etc); border; edge

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    to follow a course, to go along

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

    Going downstream along the water. Being beside the water is also called 沿. | To follow. As in "following along to become a custom" (相沿成例).

  • Onyomi

    tip

    en(エン) エン

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    so.u(そ-う) そ-う

    zo.i(ぞ-い) ぞ-い

  • Strokes

    tip

    8 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    水 氵 氺 (mizu・sanzui・shitamizu)

  • Related Keywords

    along follow edge bridge beside adjacent border comply course flanking margin parallel skirting tracing tracking

Sentences including 沿

  • He said ,'' let's take a walk along the river.''

  • Our house stands by the road.

  • He walked along the river.

  • John took a walk along the river.

  • If you follow this street , you will get to the station.

  • We took a walk along the riverbank.

  • I walked along the river.

  • The post office is down the street.

  • We walked slowly along the road.

  • The street runs along the river.

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