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滄

Reading

Kana: ソウ
Romaji: sou
Kana
Romaji

Meaning

ocean

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  13
Radical Number:  85
Frequency: 
Grade: 
Skip Pattern:  1-3-10
Korean Reading:  chang
Chinese Reading:  cang1
Unicode:  6ec4
JIS:  5E6B

Indexes

Nelson Index: 2647
New Nelson Index: 3267
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 3a10.20
Four Corner Index: 3816.7
Daikanwanjiten Index: 18007
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 7.0174

Words

桑田滄海 (そうでんそうかい)
The world is a scene of constant changes (as a mulberry field changing into a blue sea).
滄海一滴 (そうかいいってき)
a drop in the ocean (bucket)
桑田変じて滄海となる (そうでんへんじてそうかいとなる)
the world is a scene of constant changes; a mulberry field changes into a blue sea
滄溟 (そうめい)
great blue sea; ocean
蒼海 (そうかい)
blue waters
滄海桑田 (そうかいそうでん)
The word is a scene of constant changes (as the blue sea changing into a mulberry field). (Chinese legend)
蒼浪 (そうろう)
blue waves; blue wave; hair that has lost its shine due to ageing
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