浦
bay, creek, inlet, gulf, beach, seacoast
Readings
On'yomi
- ホ
Kun'yomi
- うら
Meaning
浦 centers on a coastal indentation where water meets land: a bay, inlet, or gulf. The beach and seacoast senses are natural extensions of that shoreline setting.
Most common words using 浦
20 of 31- 浦うら
inlet
- 浦和レッズうらわレッズ
Urawa Red Diamonds (Japanese pro soccer team) (abbr)
- 津々浦々つつうらうら
all over the country; throughout the land; every nook and cranny of the land; far and wide; (in) every port and harbor
- 芝浦工業大学しばうらこうぎょうだいがく
Shibaura Institute of Technology
- 浦回うらみ
coastal indentations
- 三浦の乱さんぽのらん
Disturbance of the Three Ports (riots in Korea in 1510); Sampo Waeran
- 三浦印刷みうらいんさつ
Miura Printing Corporation
- 全国津々浦々ぜんこくつつうらうら
all over the country
- 壇ノ浦の合戦だんのうらのかっせん
Battle of Dan-no-ura (final battle of the Genpei War; 1185)
- 壇ノ浦の戦いだんのうらのたたかい
Battle of Dan-no-ura (final battle of the Genpei War; 1185)
- 曲浦きょくほ
winding coast (beach)
- 沖縄県立浦添看護学校おきなわけんりつうらぞえかんごがっこう
Okinawa Prefectural Urasoe School of Nursing
- 浦人うらびと
seaside dweller
- 浦内笛鯛うらうちふえだい
Papuan black snapper (Lutjanus goldiei)
- 浦和レッドダイヤモンズうらわレッドダイヤモンズ
Urawa Red Diamonds (Japanese pro soccer team)
- 浦和大学うらわだいがく
Urawa University
- 浦和短期大学うらわたんきだいがく
Urawa Junior College
- 浦島太郎うらしまたろう
Urashima Tarō; fairy-tale fisherman who, after visiting the underwater Palace of the Dragon King, returns centuries later
- 浦島太郎状態うらしまたろうじょうたい
Rip van Winkle feeling; feeling that everything has changed once one comes back to one's hometown
- 浦島花子うらしまはなこ
Rip van Winkle effect (for a woman); feeling that everything has changed once one comes back to Japan (for a woman)
Study
Etymology
浦 combines 氵 (water) with 甫, which likely contributes the sound and helps express a waterside area.
Meaning mnemonic
Water 氵 beside 甫, a shape that suggests a shoreline. Picture a bay where the water curves into the land, forming a quiet inlet.
Reading mnemonic
For ホ, imagine a small harbor where you can hear the water gently lapping: the sound 'ho' echoes across the bay.