Sea in Chinese (Mandarin): 海 (hǎi)
海
hǎi
sea
- Simplified
- 海
- Traditional
- 海
- Pinyin
- hǎi
- Typed as
- hai
Use it in a sentence
海里有很多小鱼。
海裡有很多小魚。
There are many small fish in the sea.
The characters in 海
海
Sea. 氵 (water) is on the left.
10 strokes
Third tone. 海 is in many sea words: 海边 (hǎibiān) is the seaside and 海豚 (hǎitún) a dolphin.
More examples with 海
海很大，很蓝。
海很大，很藍。
Hǎi hěn dà, hěn lán.
The sea is big and blue.
我们在海里游泳。
我們在海裡游泳。
Wǒmen zài hǎi li yóuyǒng.
We swim in the sea.
How to write 海 in Chinese
Each box adds one stroke, in red. Write them in this order.
海 10 strokes
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