音読み: カイ
訓読み: うみ
画数: 9
部首: さんずい（氵）
Meaning
Sea / Ocean / Beach
- 海外 — overseas
- 海岸 — coast / seashore
- 海水 — seawater
- 海辺 — seaside / beach
- 航海 — voyage, navigation
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- 深海 — deep sea
- 臨海 — seaside, coastal
- 海上 — on the sea, maritime
- 海流 — ocean current
- 海賊 — pirate
The kanji 海 combines the water radical with 毎 (every), suggesting “everywhere water” — symbolizing a vast expanse of water like the sea. It's often used metaphorically to describe abundance or boundlessness.