Keyword
beach
Info
FrequencyTop 1400-1500
Type
Jōyō 
?
Shinjitai ?
KankenLevel 4
Heisig1430
Old form
Readings
はま
(96%)
ひん
(3%)
Composed of
water drops
soldier
Mnemonic

This kanji depicts the famous battle at the Omaha Beach. On the left we have a bunch of water drops symbolizing the sea from which thousands of allied soldiers came onto the beach to fight the Nazis.

Used in vocabulary (64 in total)
beach; seashore; captured pieces (in the game of go); captured stones; Yokohama; (arch.) riverbank
Yokohama (city)
sandy beach
Examples (53 in total)
Children love playing on the beach.
We played on the beach.
We went to the beach to swim.