沖 Open Sea

Radical Combination

• 氵

  Tsunami
• 中

  Middle

Meaning

Primary

Open Sea

Mnemonic

There is a tsunami in the middle of the open sea. Luckily there are no ships around, so the tsunami in the middle of the open sea is not damaging to anyone.

Hints

Look at this tsunami in the middle of the open sea. When the tsunami isn’t destroying things and is just out there in the open sea it looks really majestic and pretty.

Readings

On’yomi

ちゅう

Kun’yomi

おき

Nanori

None

Mnemonic

Someone dares you to go out to the open sea and surf on the middle of the tsunami. “Oki (おき) doki,” you reply. You can’t refuse a dare. Every time someone dares you to do something, you always respond with “oki doki”.

Hints

You really regret saying oki doki this time. You don’t want to surf on a tsunami in the middle of the open sea. Imagine doing so. It’s terrifying and wet and you don’t even know how to surf. You’re going to die.