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Kanji Detail for 浬 - "knot, nautical mile"

浬

  • Meaning

    浬 means "knot, nautical mile."

    1. Nautical mile - A unit of distance at sea.

    2. Knot - A measure of ship speed.

  • Tattoo check: 浬

    • Verified meaning: knot, nautical mile
    • Jinmeiyō kanji — officially approved for use in Japanese given names
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read かいしゅう, かいり)

    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 浬

    Given names 浬(かいり)Listen

    Surnames 浬(かいしゅう)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    knot; nautical mile

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    nautical mile

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    nautical mile

  • Onyomi

    tip

    ri(リ) リ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    kairi(かいり) かいり

    notto(のっと) のっと

  • Strokes

    tip

    10 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    水 氵 氺 (mizu・sanzui・shitamizu)

  • Related Keywords

    knot nautical mile unit sea league marine maritime navigation distance measure ocean voyage

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