澪みお

み

お

Freq.FrequencyTop 20,000

Meanings

noun

waterway; channel

Refers to a navigable channel or fairway in a body of water, often marked by buoys or natural features.

船ふねは澪みおに沿そって港みなとに入はいった。
The ship entered the port along the channel.

noun

wake (of a ship)

The trail of disturbed water left behind a moving vessel.

船ふねの後うしろに白しろい澪みおが伸のびていた。
A white wake stretched out behind the ship.

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Usage patterns

〈場ば所しょ〉に澪みおができるa channel forms in 〈place〉
干ひ潟がたに澪みおができている。
A channel has formed in the tidal flat.
船ふねが澪みおを残のこすa ship leaves a wake
大おお型がた船せんが長ながい澪みおを残のこして去さっていった。
The large ship left a long wake behind as it departed.
澪みおを辿たどるto follow a channel (or wake)
漁ぎょ船せんは澪みおを辿たどって港みなとに戻もどった。
The fishing boat followed the channel back to the harbor.

Kanji

澪water route, shipping channel
水water
脈vein, pulse, hope
尾tail, end, counter for fish

Related words

航こう路ろN1sense 1
航路 refers broadly to a shipping route or sea lane, whereas 澪 denotes a specific, often marked navigable channel within a body of water.
航こう跡せき sense 2
航跡 is the standard term for a ship's wake, and 澪 is used more poetically or traditionally for the same trailing water pattern.
水すい路ろ sense 1
水路 is the general word for a waterway or canal, while 澪 specifically means a channel deep enough for boats to pass through, often in shallow or tidal waters.

Word family

澪標みおつくし
channel markers; buoys in a waterway

Written forms

澪みおUsage85%
Most common kanji for みお; used for both waterway and wake senses.
水脈みおUsage12%
Alternate kanji for the waterway/channel sense; literally 'water vein'.
水み尾おUsage3%
Rare kanji for the wake sense; literally 'water tail'.

Etymology

Derived from 水 (mi, 'water') + 緒 (o, 'cord, thread'), referring to a thread-like water channel. The kanji 澪 is a kokuji (Japanese-made character) combining 氵 (water) and 零 (zero/fall), possibly suggesting a path through water.