漢字Kanji · in Nature & Elements
潮: tide, salt water
Also: opportunity
JLPT N115 strokesGrade 6Your ink: 白 Not met
氵 carries the meaning · 朝 gives the sound
15 strokes
Two readings, and the words that use each
チョウchou · on'yomi · in compounds
- 潮流ちょうりゅうtide, tidal current, trend
- 干潮かんちょうebb tide
- 満潮まんちょうhigh tide
しおshio · kun'yomi · on its own
- 潮しおtide
- 潮時しおどきtiming of tides, opportunity
- 潮干狩りしおひがりshell gathering
- 血潮ちしおblood
- 黒潮くろしおthe Japan Current
- 引き潮ひきしおebb tide
- 満ち潮みちしおhigh tide
Also read うしお, with no example words in our sources. 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
Easy to confuse
The difference, side by side潮 tide · 氵
vs嘲 ridicule · 口In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · cháo
Same form: 潮 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).
- Simplified
- 潮 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 潮 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin cháo 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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