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Everyday kanjiPublished 2026-10-23

How do you read 凪 in Japanese?
When the wind falls, the sea grows still.

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How do you read this in Japanese?

凪

Read this as the Japanese noun for a calm after the wind has stopped.

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A word for coastal weather, also used after 朝 or 夕. The noun has two hiragana characters.

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kanji like 風 with 止 inside
wind-shaped enclosure with 止 inside
几 around 止 kanji for calm sea

These searches describe visual similarities, not formal radicals or character components.

凪 is a Japanese-created character with six strokes, classified under 几. Its wind-like enclosure and 止 are visual clues, but the dictionary radical is 几, not 風.

凪6 strokes / radical: 几 (table)

Stroke counts and radicals follow the Japanese dictionary Kanjipedia; other dictionaries may differ.

Kanjipedia「凪」

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The answer is

なぎ

nagi

凪

Understand the meaning

A calm when the wind stops and the waves become gentle. 夕凪 refers to an evening calm.

A small boat on a calm sea, with hills and the boat reflected in the water. — **A small boat rests on the windless sea.**AI-generated illustration

See it in a sentence

夕方の海は凪となり、小舟の影が水面に映っていた。

The sea grew calm in the evening, reflecting the little boat on its surface.

A way to remember

The noun is nagi; the verb 凪ぐ is nagu. Let the visible 止 component remind you of the wind stopping.

Sources：Kanjipedia: 凪

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