Read Edit View history Discussion 海 hǎi HSK2 sea Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 每 represents the sound. Pinyin Separate values with commas hǎi × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint 氵 is a component form of 水. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 海 Simp strokes 海 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 海 Simp strokes 海 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 海 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 229, 762 ], [ 301, 700 ], [ 321, 656 ] ], [ [ 147, 575 ], [ 210, 530 ], [ 235, 493 ] ], [ [ 177, 78 ], [ 165, 108 ], [ 161, 162 ], [ 292, 418 ] ], [ [ 519, 836 ], [ 542, 813 ], [ 549, 793 ], [ 530, 752 ], [ 463, 648 ], [ 402, 578 ], [ 379, 561 ] ], [ [ 508, 661 ], [ 530, 670 ], [ 632, 679 ], [ 754, 707 ], [ 820, 710 ] ], [ [ 480, 577 ], [ 505, 524 ], [ 492, 462 ], [ 449, 331 ], [ 385, 194 ], [ 384, 171 ], [ 416, 164 ], [ 592, 179 ], [ 775, 172 ], [ 824, 164 ], [ 888, 126 ] ], [ [ 531, 556 ], [ 548, 544 ], [ 559, 545 ], [ 715, 580 ], [ 743, 575 ], [ 772, 543 ], [ 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611,291Q599,306 571,319Q559,326 551,326Q545,326 545,316Q544,306 552,292Z", "M780,365Q859,368 941,362Q960,362 966,370Q972,380 956,395Q896,440 855,424Q822,420 785,413C746,408 746,408 726,405Q677,401 621,393Q557,387 488,379C458,376 458,376 443,375Q382,371 317,365Q296,364 311,347Q324,334 341,327Q360,321 377,325Q402,331 430,336C459,341 459,341 474,343Q568,362 722,365C761,365 761,365 780,365Z" ] } 10 strokes Historical Pronunciations Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss + Add historical pronunciation Sources × Quick add: 漢語多功能字庫季旭昇《說文新證》李学勤《字源》zi.toolsChinese Text Project許進雄《簡明中國文字學》 + Add source Verified Edit Comment (required) Submit Edit Note: The form works without JavaScript but the tag/list editors are simplified.