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How do you read 汀 in Japanese?
Where water meets land.
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Give the reading beginning with mi for the edge where water meets land.
HINTShow hint
The water’s edge at a lake or river. This question asks for three hiragana beginning with mi.
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汀 has 5 strokes and the radical 水 (water). Radicals are dictionary classifications. The shape-based search phrases below provide other lookup clues.
汀5 strokes / radical: 水 (water)
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The answer is
みぎわ
migiwa
汀
Understand the meaning
English translationWater’s edge / shore
The shore or water’s edge, where water meets land. Landscape writing may place waves or waterbirds along it.
See it in a sentence
湖の汀に腰を下ろし、小さな波を眺めた。I sat at the lake’s edge and watched the small waves.
A way to remember
Both migiwa and nagisa are dictionary readings. The question specifies the one beginning with mi.
Sources：Kanjipedia: 汀
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Using 汀
汀に立つ and 汀を歩く locate someone at the water’s edge. The focus is where land meets water, rather than farther offshore.
例：小石の並ぶ汀に立ち、湖の向こうの山を眺めた。
Standing at the pebbly water’s edge, I looked at the mountains across the lake.
Reading and meaning in context
The intended reading is みぎわ. The reference also lists 水際 and 渚 as spellings, illustrating that a word can have more than one written form.
References for this explanation：Kanjipedia: 汀
Explanation checked on 2026-10-23. Additional examples were written by DuraRing for this page.
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