Kanji Kaisen

漢字Kanji · in Nature & Elements

津: haven, port

Also: harbor, ferry

JLPT N19 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met

氵 carries the meaning · 聿 gives the sound

9 strokes

Two readings, and the words that use each

シンshin · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 興味津々きょうみしんしんvery interesting; of absorbing interest

つtsu · kun'yomi · on its own

  • 津波つなみ
  • 津々浦々つつうらうらall over the country; throughout the land

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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聿

Also built on 聿

Also read シン

38 kanji share this on'yomiAll 38

Easy to confuse

The difference, side by side
津 haven · 氵
vs建 build · 廴
津 has 氵 where 建 has 廴.
In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · jīn

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

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

Pinyin jīn 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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