I spent my vacation at the beach.
CC-BY 2.0 (France) Attribution: tatoeba.org #256583 (CK) & #889554 (Martha) · Tatoeba source · CC BY 2.0 FR
海边
Traditional: 海邊
hǎi biān
HSK 3.0 · 2
hǎi biān · hoi2 bin1 (Jyutping)
- coast; seaside; seashore; beach
Definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0 · snapshot 2026-10-09. Display: consolidated readings, linked characters and marked pinyin. Original data
Character breakdown
海
- Meaning
- sea, ocean; maritime
- Radical
- 氵
- Strokes
- 10
- Components
- ⿰氵每
- Cangjie
- EOWY
- Four-corner
- 3815.7
边
- Meaning
- edge, margin, side, border
- Radical
- 辶
- Strokes
- 5
- Components
- ⿺辶力
- Cangjie
- YKS
- Four-corner
- 3430
Unihan 17.0.0 · Unicode License V3. Make Me a Hanzi · LGPL 3+. Interactive stroke order is available in the study tools.
Example sentences
Let's go to the beach.
CC-BY 2.0 (France) Attribution: tatoeba.org #34867 (CK) & #834808 (Martha) · Tatoeba source · CC BY 2.0 FR