Kanji

滄

滄

ocean

Kanji

Grade

Secondary School

Strokes

13 strokes

Radical

水部

On'yomi (Chinese Reading)

ソウ

Example sentences

桑田滄海 そうでんそうかい
この 地域 は 桑田滄海 の 変化 を 遂げている

This region has undergone dramatic changes over time.

Example Vocabulary

滄海

そうかい

滄溟

そうめい

滄浪

そうろう

滄海一滴

滄海桑田

桑田滄海

そうでんそうかい

great changes over time (lit: mulberry fields becoming blue seas)

桑田変じて滄海と成る

桑田変じて滄海となる

滄海の一粟

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