漢字Kanji · in Nature & Elements
磯: seashore, beach
JLPT N117 strokesName kanji (jinmeiyō)Your ink: 白 Not met
石 carries the meaning · 幾 is drawn in
17 strokes
One reading, and the words that use it
いそiso · kun'yomi · on its own
- 磯いそ(rocky) beach; seashore
- 磯辺いそべseashore; beach
- 荒磯あらいそreefy coast; windswept and wave-beaten shore
Also read キ, 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 walking along a steep cliff and discovering a solid, square stone lying at the bottom. This is the essence of hardness and durability.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
幾
Also built on how many (幾)
Easy to confuse
The difference, side by side磯 seashore · 石
vs機 loom · 木In ChineseSimplified 矶 · traditional, as in Japanese · jī
Japan keeps the traditional form 磯; mainland China simplifies it to 矶.
- Simplified
- 矶 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 磯 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin jī 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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