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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
- —海事maritime affairs
- —海将Vice-Admiral (Maritime Self-Defence Force of Japan) (defense)
- —海食marine erosion
- —海深depth of the sea
- —海草marine plant; seagrass; seaweed
- —海狸beaver
- —海兵sailor; marine
- —海綿sponge
- —海陸land and sea
- —桑海this world's sudden changes
- —紅海Red Sea
- —浅海shallow sea
- —氷海frozen sea; icy waters
- —海神sea god; Poseidon; Neptune; sea; ocean
- —海里nautical mile
- —樹海sea of trees; broad expanse of dense woodland; abundant leafage
- —海嶺(submarine) ridge
- —海獣marine mammal
- —四海the whole world; the seven seas
- —海風sea breeze