Kanji1 / 9
海 kanji
sea, ocean
- JLPT level
- N4 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N5 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 9
- School grade
- Grade 2 (elementary school)
On readings
カイ
Kun readings
うみ
Variant forms
海Words with 海
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —海岸砲seacoast artillery
- —大海令imperial navy order
- —大海訓imperial navy order
- —大海指imperial navy order (detailed)
- —鳥海薊Cirsium chokaiense (species of thistle)
- —海食棚wave-cut platform; abrasion platform; coastal bench
- —青海波seigaiha; wave pattern
- —海外厨person who argues that everything is better abroad (esp. football); self-hating Japanese
- —海南省Hainan Province (China)
- —青海省Qinghai Province (China)
- —海外県overseas department (administrative division of France)
- —海賊党Pirate Party (political)
- —海帰派Chinese national who returned after study or work abroad
- —海賊盤pirated CD, DVD, etc.; bootleg (recording)
- —海将補rear admiral (JMSDF)
- —南海道Nankaidō (alt. name for the Shikoku region)
- —西海道Saikaidō (name for the Kyūshū region under the ritsuryō system)
- —海岸堡beachhead
- —深海帯abyssal zone
- —海コンshipping container