Kanji #066 ／ 海

< TYPE >
Kanji / ka i - sho style

< READING >
The japanese reading : u mi
The sound reading : ka i

< MEANING >
sea, big lake, wide and big, The place where a lot of similar things gather.

< ORIGIN >
「氵」＋「毎」
氵 : water
毎 : always ( 毎毎 : dusky )
The sea of a dark color. The color of the sea which an old northern Chinese knew was a dark color. ( example : Genkai, Pohai )

< USE >
樹海（ju - ka i）：sea of trees
雲海（u n - ka i）：sea of clouds
海藻（ka i - so u）：seaweed
海産物（ka i - sa n - bu tsu）：marine products

example) 今年の夏、私達は海で泳ぎました。 [ ko - to si - no - na tsu, wa ta si - ta chi - wa - u mi - de - o yo - gi ma si ta. ] In this summer, we swam in the sea.

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I introduce ''海'' on this time.

The place where the sky and the sea come across.

The horizon.

I like that straight line having nothing very much.



I introduce ''雲'' on the next time.


Thank you.
See you next time.

All of us are piece of peace.