沖

open sea, offing, rise high into sky

Readings

On'yomi (音読み)

チュウ

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

おきおきつちゅう.するわく

Stroke Order

7 / 7

Information

Grade:4
Strokes:7
JLPT:N1
Frequency:929

Vocabulary

チュウ

WordReadingMeaning
沖積チュウセキalluvial
沖積期チュウセキキalluvial period
沖積世チュウセキセイalluvial epoch (i.e. the Holocene epoch)
沖積層チュウセキソウalluvium; alluvial stratum
沖積土チュウセキドalluvial soil

Other

WordReadingMeaning
沖おきopen sea; Okinawa
沖縄おきなわOkinawa (city, prefecture)
沖合おきあいoff the coast; offshore; out at sea
沖仲仕おきなかしlongshoreman; stevedore
沖縄県おきなわけんOkinawa Prefecture

Visually Similar Kanji

These kanji are easily confused due to similar shapes

況
condition, situation
Grade 8JLPT 2
河
river
Grade 5JLPT 2
沼
marsh, lake, bog, swamp, pond
Grade 8JLPT 1
治
reign, be at peace, calm down, subdue, quell, govt, cure, heal, rule, conserve
Grade 4JLPT 3
沿
run alongside, follow along, run along, lie along
Grade 6JLPT 1
中
in, inside, middle, mean, center
Grade 1JLPT 5
汁
soup, juice, broth, sap, gravy, pus
Grade 8JLPT 1
台
pedestal, a stand, counter for machines and vehicles
Grade 2JLPT 4
汗
sweat, perspire
Grade 8JLPT 2
仲
go-between, relationship
Grade 4JLPT 2