This site will be taken down March 31st, 2026.

This was not an easy decision to make. For the last couple years, I have been struggling to find motivation for this site and to keep up with basic maintenance and security updates. With the rise of AI and more sophisticated tools, the usefulness of sites like this is questionable and traffic has nose-dived. I just don't have it in me to keep doing this. Thank you all for 10 years of support!

Zach

Readings

Kana: チョウ、しお、うしお
Romaji: chō, shio, ushio
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Name Reading

Kana: いた
Romaji: ita
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Meanings

tide, salt water, opportunity

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  15
Radical Number:  85
Frequency:  1231
Grade:  6
Skip Pattern:  1-3-12
Korean Reading:  jo
Chinese Reading:  chao2
Unicode:  6f6e
JIS:  442C

Indexes

Halpern Index: 739
Nelson Index: 2702
New Nelson Index: 3336
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 3a12.1
Four Corner Index: 3712.0
Guide to Remembering Index: 941
Gakken Index: 1105
Japanese Names Index: 2275
Daikanwanjiten Index: 18277P
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 7.0276
Remembering the kanji Index: 141
Kanji Flashcards Index: 1504
Kodansha Compact Index: 1252
Read Writing Kanji Third Index: 952
Kanji in Context Index: 1508
1999 Kanji Learners Index: 516
2013 Kanji Learners Index: 675
French Remembering the Kanji Index: 143
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 152
Essential Kanji Index: 980
Kodansha Kanji Index: 916
Roo 2001 Kanji Index: 346
Tuttle Kanji Cards Index: 988

Words

(しお、うしお)
tide; current; salt water; opportunity
潮流 (ちょうりゅう)
tide; tidal current; tendency; drift; trend
風潮 (ふうちょう)
tide; current; tendency
潮風 (しおかぜ)
salty sea breeze; salt wind
高潮 (こうちょう)
high tide; high water; climax; high point
思潮 (しちょう)
trend of thought
黒潮 (くろしお)
Japan Current; Kuroshio Current
潮吹き (しおふき)
spouting (e.g. of a whale, geyser, etc.); Mactra veneriformis (species of trough shell); female ejaculation
潮騒 (しおさい)
sea roar
潮汐 (ちょうせき)
tide
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