Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in junior high

JLPT level: N1

1036 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 9

Meaning: haven, port, harbor, ferry

Kunyomi:

Onyomi: シン

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Meaning: water

Examples

Onyomi Examples

シンエキ saliva, spit, spittle, fluid (in Chinese medicine, esp. a colourless bodily fluid, e.g. tears)

シンシン gushing, overflowing, everlasting, unfailing, endless

ケイシン Kyoto-Otsu, Kyoto and Otsu, Kyoto-Settsu, Kyoto and Settsu

ニュウシン entering a port

Kunyomi Examples

Tsu (city in Mie), harbour, harbor, port, ferry

つなみ tsunami, tidal wave

おおつ Ōtsu (city in Shiga)

あきつ dragonfly