潮

潮 — tide, salt water, opportunity

JLPT: JLPT N1
Strokes: 15
Taught in: School year 6
Frequency: #1231 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: ちょう chou
Kun'yomi: しお shio

うしお ushio

Example words for this kanji are being written.

Words that use 潮

A kanji is worth learning for the words it unlocks. These are from the JLPT vocabulary lists.

潮しお tide JLPT N1