JLPT N1 · 15 strokes
Kanji 潮: "tide, salt water, opportunity"
The kanji 潮 means "tide, salt water, opportunity". It is written with 15 strokes and belongs to JLPT level N1, read チョウ in on'yomi and しお, うしお in kun'yomi.
Stroke order
Strokes are written in the order of the numbers. The order is not decorative: it is what gives the character its balance, and it is also how handwriting search works in Japanese dictionaries.
Readings
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
チョウ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
しおうしお
In a kun'yomi reading, the dot separates the kanji from its okurigana: かた.る is read かたる and written 語る. A hyphen marks a bound position, like -び in 日.
At a glance
| Meaning | tide, salt water, opportunity |
|---|---|
| Strokes | 15 |
| JLPT level | N1 |
| Taught in Japan | grade 6 |
| Frequency rank | 1231 of 2,501 |
Common words with 潮
The most frequent words using this kanji, most common first, with furigana readings. Click one to open it in the reader.
- 潮tide; current · sea water
- 紅潮flush; blush
- 最高潮climax; peak; zenith; apex
- 潮風sea breeze; salty wind; briny air
- 潮時tidal hour · right time (to do something); opportunity; chance
- 風潮tide; current · tendency; trend
- 血潮spurt of blood · hot-bloodedness; hot blood; ardour
- 頬を紅潮させるto blush; to have flushed cheeks
- 潮流tide; tidal current · tendency; drift; trend
- 潮騒roar of the sea; sound of waves
- 潮吹きspouting (of a whale); blowing (water and air) · Mactra veneriformis (species of trough shell)
- 潮の流れsweep of the tide; drift of the tide; tidal current
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