Kanji
N1 10 strokes Grade 8 freq #645

seacoast, beach, seashore

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)

seashore; seaside
Harbin (China)
hardy yellow hibiscus (Hibiscus hamabo)
Nippon daisy (Nipponanthemum nipponicum); Montauk daisy

Kun'yomi words (訓読み)

beach; seashore
sandy beach
beach; foreshore
white sandy beach
Hamamatsu (city)
Yokohama (city)
saltpan; field for drying salt
Pacifico Yokohama (convention centre)
spangled emperor (species of emperor bream, Lethrinus nebulosus)
American dune grass (Leymus mollis)

Example sentences

Waves are beating the shore.

We played on the beach.

It is a lot of fun picking various shells on the sands.

In summer, they used to play on the beach all day long.