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沿

沿 — readings, stroke count and radical

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Meaning (Japanese)

  1. （ある連続する地形などに）そう。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

形声。「水」 + 音符「㕣」。「そう」を意味する漢語｛沿｝を表す字。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

run alongside, follow along, run along, lie along

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • エンElem.
Kun (native)
  • そ(う)Elem.
  • 〜ぞ(い)
Other languages
  • 拼音yan2
  • 拼音yan4
  • 한글yeon
  • Hán-ViệtDuyên

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Basics

Strokes
8 strokes
Radical
水(みず)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 1
Unicode
U+6CBF

Components

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

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰氵㕣

Words using this kanji

  • 沿ってそってalong, by, parallel to
  • 沿岸えんがん海・湖などの水面と接している陸地。 陸地に近い海・湖などの水面。coast, shore, coastal waters, inshore waters
  • 沿いぞい名詞の後に付いて、それに従い離れないようにしていることを表す。along (a river, coast, railway, etc.), on (e.g. a street)
  • 沿道えんどう通り道に沿った場所。roadside, wayside, route
  • 沿線えんせん鉄道などの路線や幹線道路のそば。places alongside a railway line, bus route, major thoroughfare, etc.
  • 沿海えんかい陸地に沿った海。 海岸に沿った陸地。sea along the coast, coastal waters, inshore waters, coast
  • 沿海州えんかいしゅうロシアの日本海沿岸地域。Primorskaya Oblast (Russia)
  • 沿うそう基準や主となるものに従う、離れないようにする。to run along, to run beside, to stick to (a line), to follow (a policy, plan, etc.)
  • 沿革えんかく物事の移り変わり。 会社など組織の成長過程。history, development
  • 沿路えんろ道路に沿った場所。沿道。道沿い。route
  • 沿層えんそうedgewise (e.g. load, compression)
  • 沿岸流えんがんりゅうcoastal current, littoral current, alongshore current
  • 沿岸部えんがんぶcoastal region, coastal area, coastline
  • 沿岸海えんがんかいcoastal waters, marginal sea
  • 沿岸水えんがんすいcoastal water, neritic water
  • 沿岸漁業えんがんぎょぎょうcoastal fishing
  • 沿層坑道えんそうこうどうdrift (mining), driftway
  • 沿岸警備隊えんがんけいびたい平時には領海内での警備活動を行い、戦時には海軍の傘下に入り作戦・戦闘を行う準軍事組織。coast guard

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