Memory phrase for the character: 海


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Meaning

sea, ocean

Pronunciation

KAI
umi

Explanation

Left: water 氵, right: every 毎 (Persons 人 = have mothers 母, namely: everybody!) [mother 母 = woman 女 with swollen breasts : of pregnancy]

Mnemonic


 
Water is in every sea.

Radicals

waterThe radical sanzui 氵 is a short form of water 水
every, eachAt the bottom: mother 母, which is a woman 女 with two dots : that are the swollen breasts of a nursing (breast-feeding) mother.
lying personIs understood as a flat version of: 人 - Other radicals with 'person' are: sitting 匕, sitting cross-legged 夂, kneeling ⺈, skilled 才, bending マ,卩, slumped 㔾 or husband 夫
motherShows a woman 女 with a longer right stroke ノ and with two dots : which are swollen breasts of a nursing (breast-feeding) mother.




 Vocabulary

うみ  sea, beach
雲海 うんかい  sea of clouds
海岸 かいがん  coast, beach
海洋 かいよう  ocean
北海道 ほっかいどう  Hokkaido
航海 こうかい  sail, voyage
海外 かいがい  foreign, abroad, overseas
海峡 かいきょう  channel
海路 かいろ  sea route

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