沖 — readings, stroke count and radical

brushStroke order

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menu_bookMeaning (Japanese)

1. 穏やかで偏らない。
2. 幼い。
3. 中身がない、むなしい。
4. （「冲」より）つきあたる。
5. （日本・国訓）おき。海や湖で岸から見える範囲ではあるが遠く離れた場所。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

brushOrigin of the character

形声。「水」+音符「中」。「水が湧き上がる」を意味する漢語｛沖｝を表す字。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

menu_bookMeaning

open sea, offing, rise high into sky

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

menu_bookReadings

On (Sino-Japanese)

• チュウHS

Kun (native)

• おきElem.
• おきつ
• ちゅう(する)
• わく

Other languages

• 拼音chong1
• 한글chung
• Hán-ViệtTrùng
• Hán-ViệtXung

Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.

infoBasics

Strokes

7 strokes

Radical

水(みず)

JIS level

Level 1

JLPT (old scale)

Level 1

Unicode

U+6C96

grid_viewComponents

• ｜
• 口くち
• 氵さんずい

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰氵中

menu_bookWords using this kanji

• 沖縄おきなわ沖縄県の略。 沖縄県にある地名。沖縄市 沖縄本島、沖縄諸島。Okinawa (city, prefecture)
• 沖合おきあい「おきあい」参照。off the coast, offshore, out at sea
• 沖おき（おき）海や湖で岸から見える範囲ではあるが遠く離れた場所。open sea, Okinawa
• 沖積ちゅうせき流水により運ばれた土砂が堆積すること。alluvial
• 沖天ちゅうてん空高く上ること。rising into the heavens
• 沖波おきなみoffshore wave, deep water wave
• 沖螺おきにしwarty frog shell (Bursa bufonia dunkeri)
• 沖鱛おきえそbluntnose lizardfish (Trachinocephalus myops), snakefish
• 沖つおきつof the ocean, in the open sea, oceanic
• 沖電おきでんOkinawa Electric Power Company (abbr)
• 沖積期ちゅうせききalluvial period
• 沖積世ちゅうせきせい完新世の旧称。alluvial epoch (i.e. the Holocene epoch)
• 沖積層ちゅうせきそう完新世（旧名沖積世）に堆積した新しい地層。alluvium, alluvial stratum
• 沖積土ちゅうせきどalluvial soil
• 沖仲仕おきなかしlongshoreman, stevedore
• 沖縄県おきなわけんOkinawa Prefecture
• 沖釣りおきづりoffshore fishing
• 沖積統ちゅうせきとうalluvial series
• 沖アミオキアミkrill, euphasiid (any species in the family Euphausiacea)
• 沖巨頭おきごんどうfalse killer whale (Pseudorca crassidens)

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(76 results)

compare_arrowsSimilar-looking kanji

• 仲One part differs
• 冲One part differs
• 妕One part differs
• 忡One part differs
• 狆One part differs
• 种One part differs

Selected automatically by comparing composition (IDS). “Same composition” means the parts and their arrangement match.

infoLookup codes

SKIP

1-3-4

Four Corner

3510.6

Spahn–Hadamitzky

3a4.5

Heisig

146

Nelson

2505