浜 means “beach, shore”

はま · hama

Also: seacoast, seashore

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

はま

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

ヒン

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The story

Water (氵) beside a soldier (兵): picture troops wading onto a beach. 浜 is a sandy shore: 砂浜 is a sandy beach, 浜辺 the seaside, and 横浜, 'side beach', was a small fishing village before it became a great port.

Used in 砂浜 (sunahama, sandy beach), 浜辺 (hamabe, seashore), and 横浜 (yokohama, Yokohama)

More from Ships & Shores

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• 浦 inlet
• 津 harbor
• 瀬 rapids
• 潮 tide
• 艦 warship
• 艇 small boat
• 搭 embark
• 漂 drift
• 浪 waves
• 涯 limit
• 舶 ship

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Readings from KANJIDIC2, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA.