沿
りゅ

noun

  1. coastal current, littoral current, alongshore current.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
沿
りゅ
沿岸流 えんがんりゅう

Contained Kanji Breakdown

run alongside, follow along, run along
そ.う エン (6th, N1)
water, water radical (no. 85)
さんずい
a marsh at the foot of the hills, name of a river
eight, eight radical (no. 12)
ハチ や はっ (1st, N5)
mouth
くち コウ ク (1st, N4)
beach
ガン きし けし (3rd, N2)
mountain
やま サン セン (1st, N5)
reject(斥) variant
カン かりがね がんだれ
wild goose, trailing cliff radical (no. 27)
カン かりがね (Kentei 1)
dry, parch, ebb
ひ.る カン ほ.す (6th, N2)
current, a sink, flow
リュウ なが.れる ながれ (3rd, N3)
water, water radical (no. 85)
さんずい
a cup with pendants, a pennant, wild
inverted child
kettle lid radical (no. 8)
トウ (Kentei 1)
I, myself, katakana mu radical (no. 28)
シ ボウ ム (Kentei 1)
stream, river, river or three-stroke river radical (no. 47)
かわ セン か (1st, N5)