Kanji Kaisen

漢字Kanji · in Nature & Elements

浜: seacoast, beach

Also: seashore

JLPT N110 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met

氵 carries the meaning · 兵 gives the sound

10 strokes

Two readings, and the words that use each

ヒンhin · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 海浜かいひんseashore; seaside; beach

はまhama · kun'yomi · on its own

  • 浜はまbeach; seashore
  • 砂浜すなはまsandy beach
  • 浜辺はまべbeach; foreshore
  • 横浜よこはま
  • 浜松はままつHamamatsu (city)

Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 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
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
In ChineseSimplified 滨 · traditional 濱 · bīn

Three different forms: Japanese 浜, simplified 滨, traditional 濱.

Simplified
滨 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
濱 Taiwan, Hong Kong

Pinyin bīn most common reading

False friend. Chinese also has a character 浜 (bāng), but it is a different word. The Chinese for this kanji is 滨 (simplified) or 濱 (traditional).

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

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