sea, ocean
Came from Chinese. It usually shows up when the kanji is joined to another, forming a compound word.
It is Japanese. It usually shows up when the kanji stands alone or is followed by hiragana.
The order matters: it is what makes handwriting come out legible, and it is how dictionaries index the character.
Visual decomposition, for recognising and comparing — not always the character's origin.
Where it appears is highlighted — the translation doesn't always make that visible.
それなら早く中に入るのが一番。川や海の近くは避けてね、風がずっと危険だから。
Sore nara hayaku naka ni hairu no ga ichiban. Kawa ya umi no chikaku wa sakete ne, kaze ga zutto kiken da kara.
Then it's best to get inside quickly. Stay away from rivers and the coast — the wind's much more dangerous there.
Readings and meanings: KANJIDIC2 · Decomposition: KRADFILE · Both from Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group, CC BY-SA 4.0 · data from 2026-09-07 · Strokes: KanjiVG, Ulrich Apel, CC BY-SA 3.0