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潮
潮
15 strokes
Frequency: 1231
JLPT N1
Grade 6

Meanings

tide
salt water
opportunity

Readings

On — Chinese-derived reading, usually for compounds
チョウ
Kun — Native Japanese reading, usually for standalone words
しお
うしお
Nanori — Specialized readings used in names
いた

Common Words

潮
汐
しお
Noun
Freq #6828
1

tide; current

Examples
潮が急速に満ちてくる。
The tide is rising fast.
2

sea water

3

opportunity; chance

紅潮
こうちょう
～する Verb
Noun
Intransitive
Freq #10075
1

flush; blush

Examples
彼は興奮して顔が紅潮した。
He was flushed with excitement.
最高潮
さいこうちょう
Noun
Freq #18009
1

climax; peak; zenith; apex

Examples
試合は最高潮に達した。
The game came to a climax.
潮風
しおかぜ
汐風
塩風
Noun
Freq #18157
1

sea breeze; salty wind; briny air

潮時
しおどき
Noun
Freq #18862
1

tidal hour

2

right time (to do something); opportunity; chance

Examples
どんなものにも潮時がある。
There is a time for everything.
風潮
ふうちょう
Noun
Freq #21167
1

tide; current

2

tendency; trend

Examples
少しは世間の風潮に合わせるほうが賢明かもしれない。
It might be discreet of you to bend a little to the prevailing wind.
血潮
血汐
ちしお
Noun
Freq #23076
1

spurt of blood

2

hot-bloodedness; hot blood; ardour

頬を紅潮させる
ほおをこうちょうさせる
Expression
Ichidan verb
Freq #28370
1

to blush; to have flushed cheeks

潮流
ちょうりゅう
Noun
Freq #33138
1

tide; tidal current

Examples
潮流がその船を外海へと漂流させた。
The tide carried the boat out to sea.
2

tendency; drift; trend

潮騒
しおさい
しおざい
Noun
Freq #35365
1

roar of the sea; sound of waves

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Memory Mnemonics

Keywords

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tide

Constituents

The visual building blocks used to craft this character's story.

𠦝 mist
🧩 needle2
🧩 ten2
🧩 water droplets
🧩 water pistol
十 needle
十 ten
日 day
日 sun
早 early
月 flesh
月 month
月 moon
月 part of the body
朝 morning
水 water

Mnemonic Stories

The movement of water in the morning: the tide. We even have the moon primitive, reminding us that the moon is the source of the tide.

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