海 Hǎi

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Number of strokes

Traditional form

海 Hǎi

Contains the radical

氵 shuǐ

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí

Learning hint

water

Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

⿰氵每

Semantic compound

氵 shuǐ

Phonetic compound

每 měi

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. 氵 shuǐ represents the meaning and 每 měi represents the sound.

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他 tā 在 zài 海边 hǎi biān 发现 fāxiàn 一些 yī xiē 死 sǐ 鱼 Yú .

He found some dead fish beside the sea.

小山向 Xiàng 海岸 hǎi àn 下 xià 斜 xié .

The hills subsided toward the shore.

这 zhè 男孩 nán hái 精疲力竭 jīng pí lì jié , 又 yòu 饥 jī 又 yòu 渴 kě , 倒 dǎo 在 zài 海边 hǎi biān 的 de 沙滩 shātān 上 shǎng .

The boy, tired, hungry and thirsty, fell down on the beach.

海报 hǎi bào 被 bèi 撕 sī 成 Chéng 碎片 suì piàn .

The poster had been nipped to pieces.

四海之内 zhī nèi 皆 jiē 兄弟 xiōngdì .

Within the four seas all men are brothers.

Explore 25 words and sayings that include the Chinese character 海 Hǎi in their composition.

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Simplified	Meaning	Traditional
上海 Shàng hǎi	Shanghai municipality, central east China, abbr. to 滬 hù \|沪 hù [Hù]	上海 Shàng hǎi
海 Hǎi	ocean	海 Hǎi
海军 hǎi jūn	navy	海軍
海滩 hǎi tān	beach	海灘
海盗 hǎi dào	pirate	海盜
海岸 hǎi àn	coastal	海岸 hǎi àn
海洋 hǎiyáng	ocean	海洋 hǎiyáng
大海 dà hǎi	sea	大海 dà hǎi
脑海 nǎo hǎi	the mind	腦海
海上 hǎi shàng	maritime	海上 hǎi shàng
海边 hǎi biān	coast	海邊
海洛因 hǎi luò yīn	heroin (loanword)	海洛因 hǎi luò yīn
海报 hǎi bào	poster	海報
海底 hǎi dǐ	seabed	海底 hǎi dǐ
海伦 Hǎi lún	Helen or Hélène (name)	海倫
上海市 Shàng hǎi shì	Shanghai municipality in southeast China, abbr. 滬 hù \|沪 hù	上海市 Shàng hǎi shì
海湾 Hǎi wān	bay	海灣
海关 hǎiguān	customs (i.e. border crossing inspection)	海關
海南 Hǎi nán	Hainan Island	海南 Hǎi nán
海选 hǎi xuǎn	preselection for a competition	海選
海里 hǎi lǐ	nautical mile	海里 hǎi lǐ
海水 hǎi shuǐ	seawater	海水 hǎi shuǐ
海鲜 hǎixiān	seafood	海鮮
海豚 hǎi tún	dolphin	海豚 hǎi tún
海尔 Hǎi ěr	Hale (name)	海爾