Kanji Kaisen

漢字Kanji · in Nature & Elements

渚: strand, beach

Also: shore

JLPT N111 strokesName kanji (jinmeiyō)Your ink: 白 Not met

氵 carries the meaning · 者 is drawn in

11 strokes

Two readings, and the words that use each

ショsho · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 汀渚ていしょwater's edge; shore

なぎさnagisa · kun'yomi · on its own

  • 渚なぎさwater's edge; beach; shore

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

Easy to confuse

The difference, side by side
渚 strand · 氵
vs都 metropolis · ⻏
渚 has 氵 where 都 has ⻏.
In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · zhǔ

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

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

Pinyin zhǔ 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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