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Chinese symbol for “seaside”

海边
hǎi biān
Traditional: 海邊
coast; seaside; seashore; beach

The closest CC-CEDICT match for seaside is 海边 (hǎi biān), defined as: coast; seaside; seashore; beach.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

海 hǎi
sea, ocean; maritime
radical 85 ⽔ · 10 strokes
边 biān
border, edge, margin, side
radical 162 ⾡ · 6 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “seaside”

WordPinyinMeaning
海滨 (海濱)hǎi bīnshore; seaside

Related words

Other words that share a character with 海边.

WordPinyinMeaning
海外hǎi wàioverseas; abroad
海军 (海軍)hǎi jūnnavy
海洋hǎi yángocean
海上hǎi shàngmaritime
沿海yán hǎicoastal
海岸hǎi àncoastal; seacoast
身边 (身邊)shēn biānat one's side; on hand
一边 (一邊)yī biānone side; either side

See also: Japanese symbol for “seaside”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.

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