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Kanji Detail for 浦 - "bay, inlet"

浦

  • Meaning

    浦 means "bay, inlet." Also associated with shore.

    1. Bay - A body of water partially enclosed by land.

    2. Shore - The land along the edge of water.

    3. Inlet - A small body of water reaching into the land.

    4. Beach - The sandy or pebbly shore of the sea.

  • Four-character idioms with 浦

    • 長汀曲浦 ちょうていきょくほ Listen long stretch of winding beach

  • Tattoo check: 浦

    • Verified meaning: bay, inlet
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read うら, ほ)
    • Also carries these associations: shore

    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 浦

    Given names 浦(うら)Listen

    Surnames 浦(ほ)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    bay; creek; inlet; gulf; beach; seacoast

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    bank of river, shore; surname

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    surname Pu

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    beach, shore, river bank; surname

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

    A waterfront. Often used in place names. As in Jiangpu, Zhapu, and the like.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    ho(ホ) ホ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    ura(うら) うら

  • Strokes

    tip

    10 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    水 氵 氺 (mizu・sanzui・shitamizu)

  • Related Keywords

    bay shore inlet beach confluence estuary cove coastline enclosed fjord harbor lagoon ocean port sea waterfront

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