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Kanji Detail for 磯 - "rocky shore, shoreline"

磯

  • Meaning

    磯 means "rocky shore, shoreline." Also associated with to crash.

    1. Rocky shore - A shore with many stones and rocks at the water's edge.

    2. To crash - Water striking rocks violently; to become emotional.

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    • Verified meaning: rocky shore, shoreline
    • Jinmeiyō kanji — officially approved for use in Japanese given names
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read いそ, き, け)
    • Also carries these associations: to crash

    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 磯

    Given names 磯(いそ)Listen

    Surnames 磯(き)Listen 磯(け)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    seashore; beach

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    jetty; submerged rock; eddy

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    breakwater; jetty

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    jetty, reef; breakwater, eddy

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

    Rocks in water. Such as 采石磯 (Caishan Rock), 燕子磯 (Swallow Rock) and such. All are rocky mountains in the river. | Stones agitating water is called 磯. (Mencius) "This cannot be stirred."

  • Onyomi

    tip

    ki(キ) キ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    iso(いそ) いそ

  • Strokes

    tip

    17 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    石 (ishi・ishihen)

  • Related Keywords

    rocky shore to crash shoreline seashore beach boulder cliff coast rocks ocean waves

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