潮
潮

tide, salt water, opportunity

15 strokesFrequency 1,231JLPT N1Grade 6

On

チョウ

Kun

しおうしお

Nanori

いた

Memory

Memory Mnemonics

Keywords

tide

Constituents

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.

Dictionary

Common Words

潮汐しおNounFreq #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NounIntransitive～する VerbFreq #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NounFreq #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NounFreq #18157
1

sea breeze; salty wind; briny air

潮時しおどきNounFreq #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NounFreq #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NounFreq #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ExpressionIchidan verbFreq #28370
1

to blush; to have flushed cheeks

潮流ちょうりゅうNounFreq #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NounFreq #35365
1

roar of the sea; sound of waves

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