Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names
JLPT level: N1
2314 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke count: 6
Meaning: eventide, tide, salt water, opportunity
Kunyomi: しお うしお せい
Onyomi: セキ
Composition: 氵 夕
Radical: 水
Meaning: water
潮汐 (チョウセキ) tide
潮 (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