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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
- —海底Popularbottom of the ocean; seafloor; seabed; undersea; submarine
- —海難Popularaccident at sea; sea disaster; shipwreck
- —海浜Popularseashore; seaside; beach
- —海面Popularsea level; (surface of) sea
- —近海Popularcoastal waters; adjacent seas
- —公海Popularhigh seas; international waters
- —黒海PopularBlack Sea
- —深海Populardeep sea; depths of the sea; ocean depths
- —掃海Popularsweeping the sea for mines; dragging for mines
- —大海Popularocean; large sea; fabric pattern
- —東海PopularTōkai region (of Honshu; incl. Aichi, Shizuoka, Mie and southern Gifu prefectures); eastern sea; Tōkaidō (Edo-period Edo-Kyoto highway); Japan
- —南海Popularsouthern sea
- —北海Popularnorthern sea; North Sea; Hokkaido
- —内海Popularinland sea; inlet; gulf; bay; lake
- —海戦Popularnaval battle
- —海道Popularsea route
- —臨海Popularcoastal; seaside; oceanfront; maritime
- —陸海Popularland and sea; army and navy
- —海王星PopularNeptune (planet)
- —海岸線Popularcoastline; shoreline; coastal railway