Kanji
N1 15 strokes Grade 6 freq #1231

tide, salt water, opportunity

On'yomi (音読み)

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

Radical (部首)

water mizu

Others with this radical

On'yomi compounds (音読み)

tide; current
tide; tidal current
flush; blush
ebb tide; waning fortunes
climax; peak
trend of thought
high tide; high water
high tide; high water
menarche; first menstruation

Kun'yomi words (訓読み)

tide; current
Kuroshio Current; Japan Current
tidal hour
sea breeze; salty wind
red tide
rising tide; incoming tide
clam digging (at low tide); clamming
spring tide

Example sentences

There she blows!

Every tide has its ebb.

It might be discreet of you to bend a little to the prevailing wind.

The present writer doesn't like such a tendency.