海
海 — sea, ocean
- JLPT
- JLPT N4
- Strokes
- 9
- Taught in
- School year 2
- Frequency
- #200 most common
Readings
On'yomi came with the character from Chinese; kun'yomi is the native Japanese word it was borrowed for. A dot marks where okurigana takes over, a hyphen marks a prefix or suffix position.
- On'yomi
-
- かい kai
- かい kai
- Kun'yomi
-
- うみ umi
- うみ umi
Words that use 海
A kanji is worth learning for the words it unlocks. These are from the JLPT vocabulary lists.
- 海 うみ sea JLPT N5
- 海岸 かいがん seashore JLPT N4
- 海外 かいがい foreign JLPT N3
- 航海 こうかい (sea) voyage JLPT N3
- 海水浴 かいすいよく swimming in the ocean JLPT N2
- 海洋 かいよう ocean JLPT N2
- 海運 かいうん maritime transport JLPT N1
- 海峡 かいきょう channel (e.g. between two land masses) JLPT N1
- 海抜 かいばつ height above sea level JLPT N1
- 海流 かいりゅう ocean current JLPT N1