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Kanji Detail for 海 - "sea, vast, ocean"

海

  • Meaning

    海 means "sea, vast, ocean."

    1. Sea - Ocean; large body of saltwater.

    2. Vast - Wide and expansive.

  • Words using 海

    • 海外 かいがい Listen foreign; abroad; overseas
    • 北海道 ほっかいどう Listen Hokkaido (island, prefectural-level administrative unit)
    • 東海 とうかい Listen Tōkai region (of Honshu; incl. Aichi, Shizuoka, Mie and southern Gifu prefectures); eastern sea; Tōkaidō (Edo-period Edo-Kyoto highway)
    • 海上 かいじょう Listen (on the) sea; surface of the sea
    • 海軍 かいぐん Listen navy; naval force
    • 海岸 かいがん Listen seashore; coast; seaside
    • 海洋 かいよう Listen ocean; sea
    • 掃海 そうかい Listen sweeping the sea for mines; dragging for mines

  • Four-character idioms with 海

    • 一天四海 いってんしかい Listen the world; the universe
    • 人海戦術 じんかいせんじゅつ Listen human wave attack; human wave tactics; throwing people at a problem
    • 四海兄弟 しかいけいてい Listen people in the whole world being all brothers; universal brotherhood
    • 四海同胞 しかいどうほう Listen universal brotherhood
    • 天空海濶 てんくうかいかつ Listen the open sky and the serene sea; as open as the sky and serene as the sea; magnanimous
    • 桑田滄海 そうでんそうかい Listen the world is a scene of constant changes (as a mulberry field changing into a blue sea)

  • Tattoo check: 海

    • Verified meaning: sea, vast, ocean
    • Jinmeiyō kanji — officially approved for use in Japanese given names
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read あまね, うな, うみ, かい)

    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 海

    Given names 海(あまね)Listen 海(うな)Listen 海(うみ)Listen 海(かい)Listen 海(しい)Listen 海(しおり)Listen 海(ひろし)Listen 海(まーれ)Listen 海(まあれ)Listen 海(まりん)Listen 海(みう)Listen

    Surnames 海(はい)Listen

  • Onyomi

    tip

    kai(カイ) カイ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    umi(うみ) うみ

  • Strokes

    tip

    10 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    水 氵 氺 (mizu・sanzui・shitamizu)

  • Related Keywords

    sea vast ocean large lake aquatic beach coast deep expansive fishing marine maritime navigation saltwater surfing tide wave broad

Sentences including 海

  • She stood looking out toward the sea.

  • Do you sometimes go abroad on your holidays?

  • The boat drifted about on the sea.

  • I wish i was always being sent abroad on business like he is.

  • The river flows slowly to the sea.

  • Japan is surrounded by sea.

  • Do you plan to go abroad?

  • Have you been to hokkaido?

  • He rode a horse to the sea.

  • I'd like to get a view of the ocean.

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