漢字Kanji · in Nature & Elements
潟: lagoon
JLPT N115 strokesGrade 4Your ink: 白 Not met
- 氵water(meaning)
- 舄(form)
氵 carries the meaning · 舄 is drawn in
15 strokes
Two readings, and the words that use each
かたkata · kun'yomi · on its own
- 潟かたlagoon
-がた-gata · kun'yomi
- 干潟ひがたtidal flat; tideland
- 新潟にいがたNiigata (city, prefecture)
Also read セキ, with no example words in our sources. Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Origin · sourced
Phono-semantic compound (形聲)水 (meaning) + 舄 (sound)
Source: Wiktionary, 潟 (rev. 92162030), CC BY-SA 4.0
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Water (氵) + mortar (臼) + sun/bird. Originally referred to a "hollow" place where "water" gathers (like a mortar)—the standard kanji for a "lagoon."”
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 · xì
Same form: 潟 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).
- Simplified
- 潟 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 潟 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin xì 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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