Kanji
瀬
N1
19 strokes
Grade 8
freq #1152
rapids, current, torrent, shallows, shoal
On'yomi (音読み)
ライ
Kun'yomi (訓読み)
せ
On'yomi compounds (音読み)
瀬
せ
shallows; shoal
瀬戸
せと
strait; channel
瀬戸際
せとぎわ
brink; verge
高瀬
たかせ
shallow river; shallows
早瀬
はやせ
swift current; rapids
浅瀬
あさせ
shoal; shallows
川瀬
かわせ
rapids; shallows of a river
瀬戸物
せともの
earthenware; porcelain
Kun'yomi words (訓読み)
年の瀬
としのせ
the year end; end of the year
瀬踏み
せぶみ
sounding out; measuring the depths (of a river)
立つ瀬
たつせ
one's position; one's face
Example sentences
彼(かれ)は死(し)の瀬戸際(せとぎわ)にいた。
He was at the gate of death.
今(いま)は生(い)きるか死(し)ぬかのせとぎわです。
It's a do-or-die situation.
負(お)うた子(こ)に教(おし)えられて浅瀬(あさせ)を渡(わた)る。
A child on your back may guide you across a ford.