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Run Alongside Follow Water Gully 沿 エン そ.う、 ぞ.い

Kanji 沿
Onyomi エン
Kunyomi そ.う、-ぞ.い
English run alongside, follow along, run along, lie along
Examples 沿岸(えんがん): coast; shore; littoral
沿い(ぞい): along
沿線(えんせん): along railway line
沿う(そう): (1) to run along; to run beside (2) to follow (a plan, etc.); to act in accordance with
JLPT Level 1
Jouyou Grade 6
Frequency 1121
Components 水: water
㕣: a marsh at the foot of the hills; name of a river
Number of Strokes 8
Kanji Radical
Radical Number 85
Radical Strokes 4
Radical Reading みず・したみず・さんずい
Traditional Form (none)
Classification 形声 Phonetic
Keyword run alongside
Koohii Story 1 Water in a gully runs alongside the path.
Koohii Story 2 Picture one of those idiots that run alongside the bicyclists in the Tour de France trying to give them water. Watch as the cyclist shoves the person into a gully that runs alongside the road.

Tags: jlpt.n1, grade6, kanjifreq1001-1500

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