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漢字Kanji · in Nature & Elements

汐: eventide, tide

Also: salt water, opportunity

JLPT N16 strokesName kanji (jinmeiyō)Your ink: 白 Not met

氵 carries the meaning · 夕 is drawn in

6 strokes

Two readings, and the words that use each

セキseki · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 潮汐ちょうせきtide

しおshio · kun'yomi · on its own

  • 汐しおtide; current
  • 血汐ちしおspurt of blood

Also read うしお, せい, with no example words in our sources. Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Memory story · made up to help you remember

“Imagine three raindrops falling—that's sanzui! Whenever you see these three dots on the left side of a kanji, think of water, liquids, or anything that flows.”
More in the 氵 water story
繋がり
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
氵

Also built on water (氵)

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夕

Also built on evening (夕)

All 6

Also read セキ

22 kanji share this on'yomiAll 22

Easy to confuse

The difference, side by side
汐 eventide · 氵
vs多 many
汐 adds 氵.
In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · xī

Same form: 汐 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).

Simplified
汐 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
汐 Taiwan, Hong Kong

Pinyin xī most common reading

Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.

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