Japanese Kanji
沖chuu
open sea · offing · rise high into sky
Grade 4 · JLPT N1 · 7 strokes
Open sea, offing, rise high into sky.
沖 is part of the elementary school jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4. In the JLPT proficiency test it appears at N1 (advanced) level. With 7 strokes, this character appears in numerous compound words throughout written Japanese.
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