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JLPT N1 · 19 strokes

The kanji 瀬 — “shallow current”

瀬 means shallow current and is a JLPT N1 kanji. It has 19 strokes and uses the water (three drops) radical (氵).

Stroke order · 19 strokes

On'yomi (音読み): ライ
Kun'yomi (訓読み): せ
Radical: 氵 · water (three drops)
Strokes: 19

How to remember 瀬

Water's (氵) fast, shallow pull — a shoal. 瀬戸内海!! — that island-filled inland sea; 瀬戸物 means chinaware, porcelain!

Example words with 瀬

Kun'yomi readings

瀬戸内海せとないかいSeto Inland Sea
瀬せshallow current

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