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The Kanji Map

Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in junior high

JLPT level: N1

645 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 10

Meaning: seacoast, beach, seashore

Kunyomi: はま

Onyomi: ヒン

Composition: 氵 兵

浜

Radical

Radical: 水

Meaning: water

Reading: みず

Frequency: 1,595

Alternative forms:

氵(alt radical position hen)氺

水

Examples

Onyomi Examples

浜堤 (ヒンテイ) beach ridge

海浜 (カイヒン) seashore, seaside, beach

京浜 (ケイヒン) Tokyo and Yokohama

Kunyomi Examples

浜 (はま) beach, seashore, captured pieces, captured stones, Yokohama, riverbank, riverside

浜辺 (はまべ) beach, foreshore

白浜 (しらはま) white sandy beach

塩浜 (しおはま) saltpan, field for drying salt

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