Kanji

Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names

JLPT level: N1

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Stroke count: 6

Meaning: eventide, tide, salt water, opportunity

Kunyomi: しお うしお せい

Onyomi: セキ

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Meaning: water

Examples

Onyomi Examples

チョウセキ tide

Kunyomi Examples

しお tide, current, sea water, opportunity, chance, thin soup of fish or shellfish boiled in seawater

潮干狩り しおひがり shell gathering (at low tide), clamming

夕潮 ゆうしお evening tide

引き潮 ひきしお ebb tide

しお tide, current, sea water, opportunity, chance, thin soup of fish or shellfish boiled in seawater

夕潮 ゆうしお evening tide