海 (Hǎi): meaning and stroke order
海 (Hǎi) means surname Hai, ocean, sea, 个,片, great number of people or things, (dialect) numerous.
海
- Simplified
- 海
- Traditional
- 海 (same form)
- Pinyin
- Hǎi
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Stroke order of 海
海
- Hǎi surname Hai
- hǎi ocean; sea
- 10 strokes
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Meaning of 海
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Hǎi
- surname Hai
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hǎi
- ocean
- sea
- CL:個|个[ge4],片[pian4]
- great number of people or things
- (dialect) numerous
Radical and structure
- 海
- Radical 水 (Kangxi radical 85) · 10 strokes · 氵 on the left, 每 on the right
Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.
Words with 海
- 大海 dà hǎi sea; ocean
- 海水 hǎi shuǐ seawater
- 上海 Shàng hǎi Shanghai municipality (abbr. to 滬|沪[Hu4])
- 海面 hǎi miàn the surface of the sea; ocean surface
- 出海 chū hǎi to go out to sea; (neologism) to expand into overseas markets
- 海南 Hǎi nán see 海南省[Hai3 nan2 Sheng3]; see 海南島|海南岛[Hai3 nan2 Dao3]
- 东海 Dōng Hǎi East China Sea; East Sea (Chinese mythology and ancient geography)
- 海报 hǎi bào poster; playbill
- 海边 hǎi biān coast; seaside
- 海底 hǎi dǐ seabed; seafloor; bottom of the ocean
- 航海 háng hǎi to sail the seas; maritime navigation
- 海拔 hǎi bá height above sea level; elevation
海 in our stories
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一百年前的一个冬夜，客轮“海兴号”在离港口不远的海上沉没了，好在船上的乘客全部获救。
yìbǎi nián qián de yí gè dōngyè kèlún Hǎixīng hào zài lí gǎngkǒu bù yuǎn de hǎi shàng chénmò le hǎozài chuán shàng de chéngkè quánbù huòjiù
One winter night a hundred years ago, the passenger ship Haixing sank not far from port; fortunately all the passengers were rescued.
From the story The storm that never was HSK 7–9 · Level 8
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中国有一本很古老的书，叫“山海经”，里面记着各种奇怪的山、海和神兽。
Zhōngguó yǒu yì běn hěn gǔlǎo de shū jiào Shānhǎijīng lǐmiàn jì zhe gèzhǒng qíguài de shān hǎi hé shénshòu
There is a very ancient Chinese book called the Classic of Mountains and Seas, which records all kinds of strange mountains, seas and mythical beasts.
From the story Jingwei fills the sea HSK 7–9 · Level 8
Stories using 海
- The storm that never was HSK 7–9 · Level 8
- Jingwei fills the sea HSK 7–9 · Level 8
Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).