Meaning
ocean; sea
Chinese: 海洋，也可表示大量。
Hear the Four Tones
The same syllable “hai” becomes a different word in each tone. 海 is the 3rd tone. Tap any tone to hear a native voice and see its pitch shape.
Stroke Order
Tap Animate to watch the strokes in order, or Practice to trace it yourself.
Common Words
- 大海dà hǎisea; ocean
- 海边hǎi biāncoast; seaside; seashore; beach
- 海关hǎi guāncustoms (i.e. border crossing inspection)
- 海洋hǎi yángocean
- 海水hǎi shuǐseawater
Example Sentence
海里有各种各样的鱼。Hǎi lǐ yǒu gè zhǒng gè yàng de yú.There are all kinds of fish in the sea.
海里Hǎi lǐnautical mile有yǒuto have各种各样gè zhǒng gè yàngvarious kinds的deof鱼yúfish (CL:条,尾)。
Go deeper
Where this character comes from
The water radical 氵 (meaning) plus 每 (měi, sound): the vast body of water — the ‘sea’.
A way to remember it
Water (氵) + the sound 每 — the sea.
Easy to confuse with
- 每‘Each’: the sound part of 海, without the water on the left.