hǎi

sea

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
氵 meaning component

  Meaning component

shuishuǐ

  

water

is a component form of .

每 sound component

  Sound component

měi

  

every

Evolution

海 Bronze script Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Bronze script

Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
海 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
海 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
海 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

hǎi

sea, ocean; maritime; ocean; sea; CL:|[gè],[piàn]; great number of people or things; (dialect) numerous

 

Hǎi

surname Hai

Most common words with 海
Freq.
Word
Meaning

上海

Shanghai municipality, central east China, abbr. to 滬|沪[Hù]

ocean

海军

navy

海滩

beach

海盗

pirate

Component uses

Sound component in 1 character (1 verified)