Meanings
- open sea
- offing
- rise high into sky
Strokes7
JLPT levelN1
School gradeGrade 4
Frequency#929 of 2,500
Kanji N1
沖: open sea, offing, rise high into sky
沖 is a JLPT N1 kanji meaning open sea, offing, rise high into sky, written with 7 strokes. It is read チュウ (on) and おき, おきつ, ちゅうする (kun). Children in Japan learn it in grade 4. You will see it in 沖 (おき, open sea) and 沖縄 (おきなわ, Okinawa).
沖
On reading · Kun reading
On reading
- チュウ
On'yomi: from Chinese, written in katakana. Used in compound words.
Kun reading
- おき
- おきつ
- ちゅうする
- わく
Kun'yomi: native Japanese, in hiragana. The faint part is the okurigana, written in kana after the kanji.
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Common words with 沖
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- 沖おきJLPT N3
open sea
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