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

eventide, tide, salt water, opportunity

Kun'yomi
  • tide ②sea water ③opportunity ④thin soup of fish or shellfish boiled in seawater
  • うしお
  • せい
On'yomi
  • セキ
Nanori
  • いそ

Main Radical

(KanXi)

Reading Commonality

しお 99.7%
セキ 0.3%

Character Breakdown

eventide, tide, salt water
しお セキ うしお (Kentei Pre-1, N1)
water, water radical (no. 85)
さんずい
evening
ゆう セキ ゆ (1st, N4)

References

Unicode hex code 6C50
JIS X 0208 1-28-14
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 2488
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 3041
Halpern, J. New Japanese-English Character Dictionary 223
Halpern, J. Kodansha Kanji Dictionary 259
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha) 164
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha), 2nd edition (2013) 197
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji 110
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji, Sixth Ed. 115
O'Neill, P.G. Japanese Names 250
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 17122
Spahn and Hadamitzky Kanji and Kana 2134
Maniette, Y. Les Kanjis dans la tete 111
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 3a3.9
Four corner code 3712.0
De Roo Code 360