拼音
- hǎi (third tone, dipping)
sea, ocean; a great quantity of something
字形拆解
Ideographic description
⿰氵每The sequence reads left to right and describes how the parts are arranged.
- 氵meaning partno entry yetThe water radical.
- 每sound partno entry yet每 měi for the sound; it is built on 母, the mother, and is filed with her under 毋.
Mnemonic
Water 氵 with 每 for the sound. The old commentaries like to say the sea is where all the rivers gather, as children gather to a mother 母 — a pleasant thought, but the element is there for the sound. 大海 the open sea, 海边 the seaside, 上海 Shanghai, "upon the sea", 海关 customs, the gate on the coast.
A memory aid written by HSK Guide editors. It is not an etymology and does not describe the historical origin of the character.
含“海”的词
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