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潮 = 水 + 朝

潮 is a Japanese kanji written with 15 strokes, listed here under the keyword “tide”. It is built from 水 (water) and 朝 (morning). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 152.

Keyword
tide
RTK frame
152
Strokes
15
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
チョウ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
しお, うしお
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
прилив
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
潮 tide

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 水 water
  2. 朝 morning

How to find 潮 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “water” + “morning”. 潮 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 潮 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.