沿
along; run alongside; follow along; run along; lie along
8 strokes. Taught in grade 6. Newspaper frequency rank 1121.
Readings
- エン (on reading): 沿革 (えんかく) history; 沿岸 (えんがん) coast
- ぞい (kun reading): 沿い (ぞい) along (a river, coast, railway, etc.); 川沿い (かわぞい) along the river
- そう (kun reading): 沿う (そう) to run along; 沿って (そって) along
Components
Words using 沿
- 沿革 (えんかく) history
- 沿岸 (えんがん) coast
- 沿線 (えんせん) places alongside a railway line, bus route, major thoroughfare, etc.
- 沿岸部 (えんがんぶ) coastal region
- 沿道 (えんどう) roadside
- 沿い (ぞい) along (a river, coast, railway, etc.)
- 川沿い (かわぞい) along the river
- 海沿い (うみぞい) seaside
- 道沿い (みちぞい) along the road
- 山沿い (やまぞい) (running) along a mountain
- 沿う (そう) to run along
- 沿って (そって) along
- 路線に沿って (ろせんにそって) along the route (line)
- に沿って (にそって) along
- 期待に沿う (きたいにそう) to live up to (one's) expectations
33 words in all.