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Kanji Detail for 灘 - "open sea"

灘

  • Meaning

    灘 means "open sea."

    1. Rough sea - A difficult stretch of ocean for navigation.

    2. Rapids - Shallow, fast-flowing water.

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    • Verified meaning: open sea
    • Jinmeiyō kanji — officially approved for use in Japanese given names
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read えなめ, なだ, なださき, なん)

    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 灘

    Given names 灘(はやせ)Listen

    Surnames 灘(えなめ)Listen 灘(なだ)Listen 灘(なださき)Listen 灘(なん)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    open sea

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    bank, a sandbar, shoal; rapids

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    beach; shoal; rapids; CL:片[pian4]; classifier for liquids: pool, puddle

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    rapids; sandbar, shoal

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

    A flat area near shore where land appears when water recedes. | Where water is shallow with many rocks and flows rapidly is called 灘 (shoal). A dangerous place for boats.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    dan(ダン) ダン

    tan(タン) タン

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    nada(なだ) なだ

    se(せ) せ

  • Strokes

    tip

    22 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    水 氵 氺 (mizu・sanzui・shitamizu)

  • Related Keywords

    rapids rough sea shallow water shoal sandbar coast current river ocean waves tide estuary beach fast flowing stretch delta erosion

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