浦 means “inlet, bay, seashore”

うら · ura

Also: creek, gulf

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

うら

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

ホ

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The story

Water (氵) and 甫, which gives the sound ほ, as in 舗 and 補: a sheltered inlet. 浦島太郎 is the fisherman who rode a turtle to the Dragon Palace, and 津々浦々, 'every harbor and inlet', means all over Japan.

Used in 津々浦々 (tsutsuuraura, all over the country), 浦島太郎 (urashima tarou, Urashima Tarō), and 浦和 (urawa, Urawa)

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