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海

Kanji · JLPT N4 · Nature and animals

海 Sea, Ocean

On'yomi Chinese-derived reading

かい

Mostly used when 海 combines with other kanji in compound words.

Kun'yomi native Japanese reading

うみ

Mostly used when 海 stands alone.

Strokes
9
JLPT
N4
Taught in
Primary year 2
Frequency
#200

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Kanji readings, meanings and frequency from KANJIDIC2, © Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group, used under CC BY-SA 4.0. JLPT levels from Jonathan Waller's JLPT resources (CC BY).