沖 – open sea, offing, rise high into sky

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The kanji 沖 means open sea, offing, rise high into sky. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is チュウ (chuu); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is おき、おきつ、ちゅう.する、わく (oki, okitsu, chuusuru, waku). It is written with 7 strokes, under radical 水 (no. 85).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	チュウ	chuu
Kun’yomi	おき	oki
Kun’yomi	おきつ	okitsu
Kun’yomi	ちゅう.する	chuusuru
Kun’yomi	わく	waku

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 水 (Kangxi radical 85). Components: ｜・汁・口.

Words using 沖

沖おきopen sea

Example sentences

その島は海岸から１マイル沖にある。

The island lies a mile off the coast.

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Kanji with the same radical

決法治派済活海求水減演流沢消準渡

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