hǎi

ocean

surname Hai; sea; CL:個|个[ge4],片[pian4]; great number of people or things; (dialect) numerous

water (氵) + every (每) = the sea

The water radical carries the meaning — this is a vast body of water. 每 mainly gives the sound hǎi; think of the sea as water that seems to go on forever, touching every horizon.

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我小时候从没见过

wǒ xiǎo shí hou cóng méi jiàn guò hǎi。

I had never seen the sea when I was little.

节日那天,广场上人山人

jié rì nà tiān,guǎng chǎng shàng rén shān rén hǎi。

On the holiday, the square was packed with a sea of people.

Words with 海

海兔

hǎi tù

sea hare (Aplysia)

海岛

hǎi dǎo

island

通海

tōng hǎi

Tonghai county in Yuxi 玉溪[Yu4 xi1], Yunnan

通海县

tōng hǎi xiàn

Tonghai county in Yuxi 玉溪[Yu4 xi1], Yunnan

道山学海

dào shān xué hǎi

mountain of Dao, sea of learning (idiom); learning is as high as the mountains, as wide as the seas

达达尼尔海峡

dá dá ní ěr hǎi xiá

Dardanelles Strait

长嘴斑海雀

cháng zuǐ bān hǎi què

(bird species of China) long-billed murrelet (Brachyramphus perdix)

辽海

liáo hǎi

east and south of Liaoning province

郝海东

hǎo hǎi dōng

Hao Haidong (1970-), former Chinese soccer player

鄂霍次克海

è huò cì kè hǎi

Sea of Okhotsk

醋海生波

cù hǎi shēng bō

lit. waves on a sea of vinegar

领海

lǐng hǎi

territorial waters

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