潟 means “lagoon, tidal flat”

かた · kata

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

かた

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

セキ

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The story

Water (氵) beside a shape topped by 臼 with four dots below: picture pools left in the mud as the tide runs out. 潟, がた in compounds, is a lagoon or tidal flat: families dig clams on 干潟, and 新潟, Niigata, is "new lagoon".

Used in 新潟 (niigata, Niigata) and 干潟 (higata, tidal flat)

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