15 strokes
Jouyou kanji
Taught in 6th grade
JLPT exam level N1

tide, salt water, opportunity

Kun'yomi
  • tide ②sea water ③opportunity ④thin soup of fish or shellfish boiled in seawater
  • tide ②sea water ③opportunity ④thin soup of fish or shellfish boiled in seawater
On'yomi
  • チョウ
Nanori
  • いた

Main Radical

(KanXi)

Reading Commonality

しお 81.6%
チョウ 17.8%
うしお 0.5%
いた 0.1%

Character Breakdown

tide, salt water, opportunity
しお チョウ うしお (6th, N1)
water, water radical (no. 85)
さんずい
morning, dynasty, regime
あさ チョウ あ (2nd, N4)
eminent(卓) variant
ten
ジュウ ジッ ジュッ (1st, N5)
early, fast
はや.い サッ ソウ (1st, N4)
day, sun, Japan
ひ にっ ニチ (1st, N5)
month, moon
つき ゲツ ガツ (1st, N5)

Common Words

tide ②sea water ③opportunity ④thin soup of fish or shellfish boiled in seawater
blood spilt from the body ②blood circulating within the body (often as a metaphor for strong emotion or hot-bloodedness)
tidal hour ②right time
salty sea breeze
shell gathering (at low tide)
whirling tides
high tide ②climax
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References

Unicode hex code 6F6E
JIS X 0208 1-36-12
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 2702
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 3336
Halpern, J. New Japanese-English Character Dictionary 739
Halpern, J. Kodansha Kanji Dictionary 916
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha) 516
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha), 2nd edition (2013) 675
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji 141
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji, Sixth Ed. 152
Gakken A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage 1105
O'Neill, P.G. Japanese Names 2275
O'Neill, P.G. Essential Kanji 980
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 18277P
Henshall, K. A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters 941
Spahn and Hadamitzky Kanji and Kana 468
Spahn and Hadamitzky Kanji and Kana (2011 edition) 476
Hodges & Okazaki Japanese Kanji Flashcards 1504
Henshall & De Groot A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese, 3rd ed. 952
Kask, A. Tuttle Kanji Cards 988
Nishiguchi & Kono Kanji in Context 1508
Kodansha Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide 1252
Maniette, Y. Les Kanjis dans la tete 143
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 3a12.1
Four corner code 3712.0
De Roo Code 346