roar of the sea; sound of waves
A poetic or literary word for the sound of waves, especially the rhythmic roar of the sea. Often used in titles of novels, songs, and poems.
I walked along the shore at night listening to the roar of the sea.
Mishima Yukio's novel 'The Sound of Waves' is famous.
Standard kanji spelling. The second character 騒 is a non-jōyō kanji, but the word is well-known.
Kana spelling is sometimes used, especially in literary or poetic contexts.
Compound of 潮 (tide, salt water) and 騒 (noise, clamor). The reading しおざい is a voiced variant (rendaku) that is less common.