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浦

bay, creek, inlet, gulf, beach, seacoast

JLPTN1StatusJōyō · secondary schoolFrequencyTop 1,000Strokes10

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

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  • 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)

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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.