Kanji
沿
N1
8 strokes
Grade 6
freq #1121
run alongside, follow along, run along, lie along
On'yomi (音読み)
エン
Kun'yomi (訓読み)
そ.う、 -ぞ.い
On'yomi compounds (音読み)
沿岸
えんがん
coast; shore
沿道
えんどう
roadside; wayside
沿線
えんせん
places alongside a railway line, bus route, major thoroughfare, etc.
沿海
えんかい
sea along the coast; coastal waters
沿海州
えんかいしゅう
Primorskaya Oblast (Russia)
沿革
えんかく
history; development
Kun'yomi words (訓読み)
沿って
そって
along; by
沿い
ぞい
along (a river, coast, railway, etc.); on (e.g. a street)
川沿い
かわぞい
along the river; riverside
沿う
そう
to run along; to run beside
Example sentences
船(ふね)は沿岸(えんがん)に向(む)かって急(いそ)いで進(すす)んだ。
The ship made for the shore.
天気予報(てんきよほう)によると、台風(たいふう)は沿岸(えんがん)に接近(せっきん)しそうだ。
According to the weather forecast, the typhoon is likely to approach the coast.
通(どお)り沿(ぞ)いに木(き)が植(う)えられている。
Trees are planted along the street.
車(くるま)は海岸(かいがん)沿(ぞ)いに走(はし)った。
The car ran along the shore.