海 sea

Also: ocean

On'yomi: カイ
Kun'yomi: うみ
Strokes: 9
JLPT: N4
Taught in: Primary school, year 2

Stroke order

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9

海 is written in 9 strokes. Each panel adds the next one; the dot marks where the brush starts.

Remember it

Water that comes at you every single day, wave after wave — that endless water is the sea.

A common word

海うみ sea

Example sentences

夏に海で泳ぎたいです。
なつにうみでおよぎたいです。
I want to swim in the sea in summer.
この町から海まで車で三十分です。
このまちからうみまでくるまでさんじゅっぷんです。
It's thirty minutes by car from this town to the ocean.

Kanji that share a part

氵 is its radical. 131 kanji share it in all.

毎 is a component.

悔 repent N2
敏 agile N2
梅 plum N2
侮 despise N1