Poetic term for tide or sea current, often used in classical or literary contexts.
I walked along the beach watching the ebb and flow of the tide.
sea water
Poetic term for sea water; in modern usage, 海水 (かいすい) is more common.
The scent of the sea water reached us on the wind.
thin fish soup; boiled whitefish dish
Abbreviation of 潮汁 (うしおじる) or 潮煮 (うしおに); a cooking term for dishes prepared with sea water or salted water. Rare outside culinary contexts.
See also: 潮汁 (うしおじる)
This restaurant serves a traditional soup dish made with 潮 (thin fish soup).
evening tide
clear seafood soup; ushio-jiru
fish simmered in salted water
Standard kanji spelling for this poetic word.
Variant kanji; less common than 潮.
The reading うしお is a native Japanese word of uncertain origin, possibly related to 潮 (しお) with an emphatic or poetic prefix. The kanji 潮 and 汐 both represent tide or sea water.