海

hǎi

ocean

surname Hai; sea; CL:個|个[ge4],片[pian4]; great number of people or things; (dialect) numerous

water (氵) + every (每) = the sea

The water radical carries the meaning — this is a vast body of water. 每 mainly gives the sound hǎi; think of the sea as water that seems to go on forever, touching every horizon.

氵+每→海
每EveryPhonetic
氵WaterSemantic

我小时候从没见过海。

wǒ xiǎo shí hou cóng méi jiàn guò hǎi。

I had never seen the sea when I was little.

节日那天,广场上人山人海。

jié rì nà tiān,guǎng chǎng shàng rén shān rén hǎi。

On the holiday, the square was packed with a sea of people.

Words with 海

海员

hǎi yuán

sailor; mariner

海马

hǎi mǎ

(zoology) sea horse

镇海

zhèn hǎi

Zhenhai district of Ningbo city 寧波市|宁波市[Ning2 bo1 shi4], Zhejiang

鸿海

hóng hǎi

Hon Hai Precision Industry Company, Taiwan technology company, aka Foxconn

渤海湾

bó hǎi wān

Bohai Bay

四海

sì hǎi

(fig.) the whole world

海西

hǎi xī

see 海西蒙古族藏族自治州[Hai3 xi1 Meng3 gu3 zu2 Zang4 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 zhou1]

龙海

lóng hǎi

see 龍海區|龙海区[Long2 hai3 Qu1]

加勒比海

jiā lè bǐ hǎi

Caribbean Sea

亚得里亚海

yà dé lǐ yà hǎi

Adriatic Sea

山海经

shān hǎi jīng

Classic of Mountain and Sea, probably compiled c. 500 BC-200 BC, contains wide range of geography, mythology, witchcraft, popular customs etc

海浪

hǎi làng

sea wave

More characters with 氵

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