What is the Kanji for "Beach"?

If you are wondering what is the Japanese Kanji for "Beach", you've come to the right place!

The Japanese Kanji for "Beach" is "浜".

This kanji has 2 readings:

Its kunyomi reading is "Hama".

Its onyomi reading is "Hin".

kunyomi readings are based on the pronunciation of native Japanese words, and onyomi readings are based on the Chinese pronunciation of the character.

If you visually breakdown this kanji, you can see is made up of 2 parts:

The radical "氵" means "Water" . And The kanji "兵" means "Soldier" and can be read as "Hei" and "Hyou".

Now, let's make sure you understand this kanji the other way around too.

What does the kanji "浜" mean in japanese?

"浜" means "Beach".

Japanese School Students learn this kanji in Junior Highschool, while foreigners may learn this kanji in preparation for the JLPT N1 exam.

Here are some words that use this kanji:

砂浜: "Beach". The Japanese noun '砂浜 (すなはま)' refers to a beach, specifically the sandy area along the shoreline of a body of water. It is commonly used to describe coastal areas with sandy surfaces rather than rocky or pebbly ones. For example: Let's walk along the beach - (砂浜を歩きましょう). The kids were playing on the beach - (子供たちは砂浜で遊んでいました).

浜: "Beach". The Japanese noun '浜 (はま)' means 'beach'. It refers to the area of land along the edge of an ocean, sea, or lake. Beaches are often sandy or rocky and are popular recreational areas. For example: Let's go to the beach - (浜に行きましょう). The waves crashed against the beach - (波が浜に打ち寄せた).

浜辺: "Shore". The Japanese noun '浜辺 (はまべ)' refers to the shore or beach area where land meets the ocean or a large body of water. It is used to describe the coastal region along the edge of the sea or a lake. The term '浜辺' evokes images of sandy or rocky areas at the waterline. For example: We walked along the shore - (私たちは浜辺を歩きました). The waves crashed against the shore - (波が浜辺に打ち寄せた).

To make really sure you learn this Kanji, I've prepared an interactive lesson for you. You are going to learn the readings and meanings of this kanji.

But first, you need to know a little bit about Hiragana and Katakana.

Hiragana and katakana are japanese syllabaries, this means that each character represents a syllable.

This are the characters you need to know for this lesson:

The hiragana "ひ" is read as "hi". The hiragana "ん" is read as "n". The hiragana "は" is read as "ha". And The hiragana "ま" is read as "ma".

Heres a quick tutorial on how to use it. You'll be asked three type of questions: meaning, reading, and writing.

For meanings questions all you have to do is type the english meaning. If there is more than one meaning, you have to include them all in your answer separating them by commas (,).

For Reading questions you have to type the reading in romaji (roman letters, our normal alphabet) and it'll be automatically converted to hiragana if necessary. If there is more than one reading, you have to include them all in your answer separating them by commas (,).

For Writing questions some options will appear and all you have to do is select the correct ones.