Keyword
beach
Info
FrequencyTop 1400-1500
Type
Jōyō 
?
Shinjitai ?
KankenLevel 4
Heisig1430
Old form
Readings
はま
(96%)
ひん
(3%)
Composed of
water drops
soldier
Mnemonic

This kanji depicts the famous battle at the Omaha Beach. On the left we have a bunch of water drops symbolizing the sea from which thousands of allied soldiers came onto the beach to fight the Nazis.

Used in vocabulary (64 in total)
beach; seashore; captured pieces (in the game of go); captured stones; Yokohama; (arch.) riverbank
Yokohama (city)
sandy beach
beach; foreshore
Hamamatsu (city)
seashore; seaside; beach
Tokyo and Yokohama
white sandy beach
beachfront park; park by the sea
sea breeze; beach wind
beach; foreshore
pebbly beach; rocky beach
rugosa rose (Rosa rugosa); Japanese rose; Ramanas rose
place near the beach; place near the shore
freshly caught seafood broiled at a beach
sandy beach; sandbar that projects into the ocean, particularly in a wavy form; designs and objects with a wavy pattern; sweet mochi cake
plover on the beach; plovers near the shore
native of Yokohama
naturally flooded salt farm below the high-tide mark
seashore false bindweed (Calystegia soldanella)
sandy beach; sandbar that projects into the ocean, particularly in a wavy form; designs and objects with a wavy pattern; sweet mochi cake
Glehnia littoralis (species of umbellifer used in Chinese medicine)
along the beach
artificially flooded salt farm above the high-tide mark; captured pieces (in the game of go); captured stones
rugosa rose (Rosa rugosa); Japanese rose; Ramanas rose
naturally flooded salt farm below the high-tide mark
the sand on the beach may disappear, but the makings of thieves never shall
sea kale (Crambe maritima)
artificially flooded salt farm above the high-tide mark; captured pieces (in the game of go); captured stones
thrift (Armeria maritima); sea thrift; sea pink
thrift (Armeria maritima); sea thrift; sea pink
spangled emperor (species of emperor bream, Lethrinus nebulosus)
nut grass (Cyperus rotundus)
caltrop (Tribulus terrestris); cat's head; devil's thorn; devil's weed; goathead; land caltrop
American dune grass (Leymus mollis)
American dune grass (Leymus mollis)
shore reclamation; shoreline maintenance
grains of sand on the beach (i.e. something countless)
grains of sand on the beach (i.e. something countless)
broomrape (Orobanche coerulescens)
beach ridge
Kitahama Station (Osaka)
Yoshihama Station
Kushigahama Station
Takahama Station (Ibaraki)
Koshigahama Station
beach flea (any amphipod of family Talitridae); sand flea; sand hopper
orange daylily (Hemerocallis fulva var. littorea); tawny daylily
Cnidium japonicum (species of umbellifer)
hepatica (Hepatica nobilis var. japonica f. variegata); liverleaf
shore lark (Eremophila alpestris); horned lark
queen snapper (Etelis coruscans); ruby snapper; flame snapper
sea grape (Coccoloba uvifera); baygrape
sea grape (Coccoloba uvifera); baygrape
Dianthus japonicus (species of pink)
patent saltbush (Atriplex subcordata); sea purslane
Examples (53 in total)
Children love playing on the beach.
We played on the beach.
We went to the beach to swim.