漢字Kanji · in Nature & Elements
沿: run alongside, follow along
Also: run along, lie along
JLPT N18 strokesGrade 6Your ink: 白 Not met
- 氵water(meaning)
- 㕣(sound)
氵 carries the meaning · 㕣 gives the sound
8 strokes
Three readings, and the words that use each
エンen · on'yomi · in compounds
- 沿道えんどうroute, course, roadside
- 沿岸えんがんcoast, shore
- 沿線えんせんalong a railroad line
- 沿革えんかくhistory, development
そうsou · kun'yomi · on its own
- 沿うそうaccompany, comply with
-ぞい-zoi · kun'yomi
- 川沿いかわぞいalong a river
- 山沿いやまぞいalong a mountain
Words: Kanji alive, CC BY 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
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.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · yán
Same form: 沿 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).
- Simplified
- 沿 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 沿 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin yán 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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