漢字Kanji · in Nature & Elements
澪: water route, shipping channel
JLPT N116 strokesName kanji (jinmeiyō)Your ink: 白 Not met
氵 carries the meaning · 零 is drawn in
16 strokes
One reading, and the words that use it
みおmio · kun'yomi · on its own
- 澪みおwaterway; channel
Special readingsThese words are read as a whole, not from the readings above.
- 澪標みおつくしmarks in a water channel; channel buoys
Also read レイ, with no example words in our sources. 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
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澪 water route · 零
vs漏 leak · 尸 + 雨In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · líng
Same form: 澪 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).
- Simplified
- 澪 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 澪 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin líng 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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