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海 = 水 + 毎

海 is a Japanese kanji written with 9 strokes, listed here under the keyword “sea”. It is built from 水 (water) and 毎 (every). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 500.

Keyword
sea
RTK frame
500
Strokes
9
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
カイ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
うみ
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
море
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
海 sea

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 水 water
  2. 毎 every

How to find 海 without knowing its reading

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

Open 海 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.