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瀬

瀬 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. せ。はやせ。水が激しく流れる場所。急流。
  2. せ。あさせ。川の中で、立ち歩けるほどに浅い場所。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

「瀨」の異体字。「瀨」については瀨#字源の項目を参照。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

rapids, current, torrent, shallows, shoal

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • ライ
Kun (native)
  • せJHS
Nanori (used in names)
  • いわた
  • がせ
  • しげ
  • せい
  • せっ
Other languages
  • 拼音lai4
  • 한글roe
  • Hán-ViệtLại

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

Basics

Strokes
19 strokes
Radical
水(みず)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 1
Unicode
U+702C

Components

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

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰氵頼

Words using this kanji

  • 瀬せ（せ）。 （せ）潮流。のの流れ。 （せ）、機会。shallows, shoal, rapids, current
  • 瀬戸せとstrait, channel
  • 瀬戸際せとぎわ「せとぎわ」の漢字表記。brink, verge, critical moment, crucial moment
  • 瀬戸物せとものearthenware, porcelain, china, pottery
  • 瀬踏みせぶみsounding out, measuring the depths (of a river)
  • 瀬取りせどりship-to-ship cargo transfer, off-shore delivery (into smaller boats)
  • 瀬田蜆せたしじみCorbicula sandai (species of basket clam)
  • 瀬戸茅せとがやJapanese foxtail (Alopecurus japonicus)
  • 瀬切れせぎれdrying up (of the surface of a riverbed)
  • 瀬戸内海せとないかい西を九州地方、北を中国地方、東を近畿地方、南を四国地方に囲まれた内海。Seto Inland Sea, Inland Sea
  • 瀬戸物市せとものいちceramic market
  • 瀬戸引きせとびきenameling, enamelware
  • 瀬戸焼きせとやきceramic ware from Seto (Aichi Prefecture)
  • 瀬を下るせをくだるto descend the rapids
  • 瀬取り船せどりぶねsmall boat used for unloading goods from a large boat anchored nearby
  • 瀬織津姫せおりつひめSeoritsuhime (goddess of purification, water, waterfalls and rivers)
  • 瀬戸際政策せとぎわせいさくbrinkmanship
  • 瀬戸際外交せとぎわがいこうbrinkmanship diplomacy
  • 瀬戸内式気候せとうちしききこうclimate of the Setouchi Region
  • 瀬戸内海環境保全審議会せとないかいかんきょうほぜんしんぎかいSeto Inland Sea Environmental Conservation Council

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Variants

Lookup codes

SKIP
1-3-16
Four Corner
3118.6
Spahn–Hadamitzky
3a16.3
Heisig
1795
Nelson
2735