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Kanji 沿

8 strokes

Meaning

run alongside, follow along, run along, lie along

On'yomi
エン
Kun'yomi
そう-ぞい
Strokes
8
JLPT
N1
School grade
Grade 6
Kanken
5級
Frequency
#1121 / 2500

Stroke order

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
  6. 6
  7. 7
  8. 8

Words with 沿

  • 沿う

    そう

    to run along, to follow

    N3
  • ~沿い

    ~そい

    along

    N2
  • 沿岸

    えんがん

    coast, shore

    N1
  • 沿線

    えんせん

    along railway line

    N1

Example sentences

  • ご希望きぼうに沿そうように努力どりょくします。

    I'll try to meet your wishes.

  • 沿岸えんがん地帯ちたいには津波つなみ警報けいほうが出でた。

    The coast was warned against a tsunami.

  • 入学にゅうがく式しきも終おわりました。同おなじ沿線えんせんの大学だいがくです。

    I've already had the entrance ceremony. It's a university alongside the same railway line.

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