渚 – strand, beach, shore

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The kanji 渚 means strand, beach, shore. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ショ (sho); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is なぎさ (nagisa). It is written with 11 strokes, under radical 水 (no. 85).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ショ	sho
Kun’yomi	なぎさ	nagisa

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・日・老.

Words using 渚

渚なぎさwater's edge

Example sentences

渚に人が群がっていた。

There were flocks of people on the beach.

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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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