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.
I liked walking alone on the deserted beach.
Several children are playing on the beach.
The sand on the beach is very hot.
This is a picture of the first train that ran between Tokyo and Yokohama.
What time does this train reach Yokohama?
She lives in Yokohama.
Tokyo is larger than Yokohama.
Yokohama is a city where more than three million people live.
The population of Yokohama is larger than that of Osaka.
Yokohama is one of the largest cities in Japan.
Is this the right way to Yokohama Station?
It took me two hours to get to Yokohama.
We visited Yokohama on business.
My sister lives near Yokohama.
I was born in Yokohama.
I was raised in Yokohama.
I live in Yokohama.
The ship touched at Yokohama.
Yokohama is the second largest city in Japan.
This town has two beaches.
The group is running on the beach.
People are playing near the beach.
We had our photo taken on the beach.
The children are building sand castles on the beach.
Children like playing on the beach.
They pitched their tent on the beach.
She stood on the beach with her hair waving in the wind.
We spent the afternoon fooling around on the beach.
The children on the beach are building a sand castle.
The sand on the beach was white.
I tanned myself on the beach.
Let's walk on the beach after dinner.
We sailed from Yokohama to Kobe.
Yokohama is a beautiful port town.
To my surprise, the child came here by himself all the way from Yokohama.
We went to see turtles on the beach.
Patty exposed her back to the sun on the beach.
He commutes from Yokohama to Tokyo by train.
Yokohama is the city in Japan with the second largest population.
On Sunday we were on the beach flying a kite.
I used to come to this beach when I was a boy.
What time will the train arrive in Yokohama?
In summer, they used to play on the beach all day long.
We spent the entire day on the beach.
He went to the beach, and looked far across the sea toward the horizon.
The population of Tokyo is four times as large as that of Yokohama.
I went to eat at a Chinese restaurant in Yokohama.
On April 1, Nanyo Foods Co. Ltd. will move to its new building in Yokohama.
This is a snapshot of my wife on the beach.
Kanagawa Prefecture's capital is Yokohama City.