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海

hǎi

sea

A boat on the sea
Memory picture

Character

海 hǎi

Strokes
10
Radical
氵 — water
Made of
氵 water 每 each, every
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound

Example phrases

  • 我喜欢海。 Wǒ xǐhuan hǎi. I like the sea.
  • 海很蓝。 Hǎi hěn lán. The sea looks very blue.
  • 我们去看海。 Wǒmen qù kàn hǎi. We are going to see the sea.

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