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Kanji Detail for 潟 - "lagoon, inlet, tidal flat"

潟

  • Meaning

    潟 means "lagoon, inlet, tidal flat."

    1. Lagoon - A shallow body of water.

    2. Tidal flat - Land exposed at low tide.

    3. Inlet - A narrow water passage.

  • Words using 潟

    • 干潟 ひがた Listen tidal flat; tideland
    • 新潟 にいがた Listen Niigata (city, prefecture)

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    • Verified meaning: lagoon, inlet, tidal flat
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read がた)

    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 潟

    Surnames 潟(がた)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    lagoon

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    land impregnated with salt from the tide

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    saline land; salt marsh

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    salt marsh, scrubland

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

    Saline land. Land containing salt.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    seki(セキ) セキ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    gata(がた) がた

    kata(かた) かた

  • Strokes

    tip

    15 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    水 氵 氺 (mizu・sanzui・shitamizu)

  • Related Keywords

    lagoon tidal flat inlet salt marsh estuary bay wetland cove marine coastal harbor

Sentences including 潟

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