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溟 — 13 strokes ／ Radical「氵」

道
1University / general (hardest) ／ 13 strokes ／ Radical「氵」
On
メイめい · mei
Kun
うみ・くら.いumi · kura.i
Meaning
the dark sea

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Water 氵 with 冥 as phonetic: the dark and endless sea.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 北溟ほくめい

    the northern sea

  • 溟海めいかい

    the dark sea

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

北溟(ほくめい)に大魚(たいぎょ)ありと説(と)く。

It is told that a great fish lives in the northern sea.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

北溟溟海溟北north海sea汕nettin…汨to sin…沍to fre…沂a rive…沁to soa…茗tea酩to be…暝dark瞑to clo…螟a stem…
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 氵Map of reading メイAll maps

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