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潮 means 'tide'

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Strokes : 15    Frequency: 1111   JLPT: N1    Usefulness: 5    Study set: 5-12    Grade: 6   Intermediate lesson: -    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 55 words   Used in 112 words   Used in 297 names   Not used as a component
Jōyō (常用)
Common readings
On
   チョウ
Kun
   しお tide
Additional readings
Kun    うしお
Name    いた
Components
⿰  氵 (水) water  朝 morning  
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Most useful words by reading
In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 潮 is used 7 times, read 2 ways.
Across all words in Japanese, 潮 is used 108 times, read 3 ways (with 1 variation).
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チョウ : 49 words FIND ALL
ち ょ う り ゅ う 0
noun
1. tide; tidal current
2. tendency; drift; trend
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しお : 55 words FIND ALL
し お 1
Most common form: しお
noun
1. tide; current
2. salt water
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うしお : 3 words FIND ALL
う し お に 0
noun
fish, shellfish, etc. boiled in salted water
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しお (read as じお) : 1 word FIND ALL
noun
equinoctial tide; equinoctial spring tide
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An additional 4 less common words include 潮 but the reading has not yet been categorized.
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Additional data
Henshall: 952 (originally: 941)  Joy o' Kanji : 941  Key to Kanji: 751 

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潮
チョウ   しお tide   
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朝
チョウ   あさ morning   
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月
ガツ   ゲツ   つき month; moon   
ten times earlier
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十
ジュウ   ジッ   と    とお ten   
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一
イチ   イツ   ひとつ    ひと- one   
丨
stick   
早
ソウ   サッ   early; fast   はやい early   はやまる be hasty   はやめる to expedite, to hasten   
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日
ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
氵
スイ   みず water   
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