17 strokes
Jinmeiyou kanji used in names
Kentei exam level Pre-1
JLPT exam level N1

seashore, beach

Kun'yomi
  • (rocky) beach
On'yomi
Nanori

Main Radical

(KanXi)

Reading Commonality

いそ 100.0%

Character Breakdown

seashore, beach
いそ キ し (Kentei Pre-1, N1)
stone
いし セキ シャク (1st, N3)
left hand, cliff(厂) variant
mouth
くち コウ ク (1st, N4)
how many, how much, how far
いく- キ い (7th, N3)
minute, extremely small, tiny
short thread radical (no. 52)
ヨウ ちいさい (Kentei 1)
protection
ジュ まもり まも.る (Kentei 1)
5th calendar sign
つちのえ ボ ボウ (Kentei Pre-1)
katakana no radical (no. 4)
ヘツ えい よう (Kentei 1)
halberd, arms, festival car
ほこ カ ほこづくり (Kentei 1)
piling, ceremony radical (no. 56)
ヨク いぐるみ (Kentei 1)
dot, tick or dot radical (no. 3)
チュ (Kentei 1)

Common Words

(rocky) beach
seashore ②food wrapped in nori
smelling of the sea
along a rocky beach
mythical shark-like demon sea monster with barbed tail fin, said to live off the coast of Matsuura and other places in Western Japan
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References

Unicode hex code 78EF
JIS X 0208 1-16-75
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 3221
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 4049
Halpern, J. New Japanese-English Character Dictionary 1242
Halpern, J. Kodansha Kanji Dictionary 1587
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha) 839
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha), 2nd edition (2013) 1147
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji 2594
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji, Sixth Ed. 2640
Gakken A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage 1518
O'Neill, P.G. Japanese Names 2916
O'Neill, P.G. Essential Kanji 1920
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 24465
Spahn and Hadamitzky Kanji and Kana 2177
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 5a12.1
Four corner code 1265.3
De Roo Code 3359