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海

うみ

sea, ocean

Mnemonic

Water with every alongside it. Every drop there is, all in one place. Ooh う, me み, and it does not stop at the horizon: うみ.

Worth knowing

海 うみ is the sea. In compounds it reads かい: 海外 かいがい is overseas.

Built from

sea
氵 water + 毎 every

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