海 — hae

Parts that make up 海

How 海 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 海 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 水, 每.

Korean example words with 海

• 사해四海 Korean gloss: 온 세상
• 해상海上 Korean gloss: 바다의 위
• 해중海中 Korean gloss: 바다의 속
• 벽해碧海 Korean gloss: 짙푸른 바다
• 해륙海陸 Korean gloss: 바다와 육지
• 해심海深 Korean gloss: 바다의 깊이
• 해파海波 Korean gloss: 바다의 파도
• 대해大海 Korean gloss: 넓고 큰 바다
• 창해滄海 Korean gloss: 넓고 큰 바다
• 해면海面 Korean gloss: 바닷물의 표면
• 해저海底 Korean gloss: 바다의 밑바닥
• 해심海心 Korean gloss: 바다의 한가운데

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 海

• 海外かいがい foreign; abroad; overseas
• 北海道ほっかいどう Hokkaido (island, prefectural-level administrative unit)
• 海うみ sea; ocean; waters
• 東海とうかい Tōkai region (of Honshu; incl. Aichi, Shizuoka, Mie and southern Gifu prefectures); eastern sea; Tōkaidō (Edo-period Edo-Kyoto highway)
• 海軍かいぐん navy; naval force
• 海上かいじょう (on the) sea; surface of the sea
• 海岸かいがん seashore; coast; seaside
• 海洋かいよう ocean; sea
• 掃海そうかい sweeping the sea for mines; dragging for mines
• 日本海にほんかい Sea of Japan
• 海域かいいき area of sea; waters
• 海峡かいきょう channel (e.g. between two land masses); strait

Characters sharing the phonetic 每

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike.

Other hanja read “해”

Other hanja with radical 水