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Kanji Detail for 渚 - "shore, beach"

渚

  • Meaning

    渚 means "shore, beach." Also associated with sandbank.

    1. Shore - The water's edge; the beach where waves meet land.

    2. Beach - The sandy or pebbly shore along water.

    3. Sandbank - A small island formed in rivers or lakes.

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    • Verified meaning: shore, beach
    • Jinmeiyō kanji — officially approved for use in Japanese given names
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read しょ, なぎさ, まりん, みぎわ)
    • Also carries these associations: sandbank

    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 渚

    Given names 渚(なぎさ)Listen 渚(まりん)Listen 渚(みぎわ)Listen

    Surnames 渚(しょ)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    strand; beach; shore

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    small sand bank, islet

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    islet; bank

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    islet, sandbar

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

    A small islet is called 渚.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    sho(ショ) ショ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    nagisa(なぎさ) なぎさ

  • Strokes

    tip

    11 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    水 氵 氺 (mizu・sanzui・shitamizu)

  • Related Keywords

    shore beach sandbank water's edge waves coast waterfront seaside tide ocean sea sandy riverside inlet

Sentences including 渚

  • There were flocks of people on the beach.

  • Dammit, that pest Nagisa, she really went and snitched on me to the teachers.

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