潟 — 15 strokes ／ Radical「水」
道7Elementary year 4 ／ 15 strokes ／ Radical「水」
- On
- セキせき · seki
- Kun
- かたkata
- Meaning
- lagoon; tidal flat
Stroke order
Origin
Phonetic-semantic: 氵 (water) with 舄 for sound; shallow land exposed at low tide, hence 'tidal flat/lagoon'.
Readings and examples
| Kunかたkata | 干潟ひがた○○潟○○かた |
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Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.
Compounds
- 干潟ひがた
tidal flat
- 新潟にいがた
Niigata (place name)
Example
潟で かにを 見つけた。
They found a crab on the tidal flat.
Nearby characters
The line style shows how they connect
CompoundRadicalReading
Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)