What does kanji 津 mean?

The primary meaning of kanji 津 is haven.

How is kanji 津 read?

The kunyomi readings for kanji 津 are つ; the onyomi readings are シン.

What is the main radical of kanji 津?

The main radical for kanji 津 is 水.

What words use kanji 津?

Example words that use kanji 津 include 津浪, 津津浦浦, 津, 津々.

JōyōJLPT N1Pre-Level 2

津

Meaning

Kanji 津

haven

haven, port, harbor, ferry

Stroke Order

Readings

Kunyomi 訓読み: つ
Onyomi 音読み: シン
Nanori 名乗り: ずちと

Added to Jōyō: 1946

Jōyō: -
JLPT: JLPT N1
Frequency: #1036
Strokes: 9
Radical: 水
Components: 汁 • 聿
Kanji Kentei: Pre-Level 2
Similar Kanji: -

Related vocabulary

Showing 34 common entries

Showing 34 of 79 entries that include this kanji.

津浪

つなみ

tsunami

津津浦浦

つつうらうら

all over the country

津

つ

Tsu (city in Mie)

津々

しんしん

gushing

津液

しんえき

fluid (in Chinese medicine, esp. a colourless bodily fluid, e.g. tears)

津軽

つがる

Tsugaru (western region of Aomori Prefecture)

津軽鉱

つがるこう

tsugaruite

津軽三味線

つがるしゃみせん

Tsugaru-jamisen (type of shamisen and genre of shamisen music)

津軽弁

つがるべん

Tsugaru Dialect (Tsugaru region of Aomori Prefecture)

津山工業高等専門学校

つやまこうぎょうこうとうせんもんがっこう

National Institute of Technology, Tsuyama College

津田駒工業

つだこまこうぎょう

Tsudakoma Corporation

津田塾大学

つだじゅくだいがく

Tsuda College

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Example sentences

5 reference sentences

この津は昔から船の出入りが多い。

This port has long been busy with ships coming and going.

夕方になると津に小舟が戻ってくる。

Toward evening, the small boats return to the harbor.

旅人はこの津から向こう岸へ渡った。

The traveler crossed to the opposite bank from this ferry landing.

津の近くには宿場町が栄えていた。

A post town once prospered near the port.

朝早く津に着く船を待っている。

I am waiting for the ship that will arrive at the harbor early in the morning.

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