KANAE
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渡

わたる wataruわたり watariさど sado

cross over

Composition

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Origin

Water (氵) with the sound of 度: crossing a stream from bank to bank.

In the thoughts

  1. 渡るwatarucross
  2. 渡りwataricrossing
  3. 佐渡SadoSado Island

Proverbs carrying this character

  1. 022 Tap even a stone bridge before crossing it.
  2. 073 A boat just when you need to cross.
  3. 094 The child on your back shows you the ford.
  4. 146 Across the wide world, there are no demons.
  5. 213 Wild sea — stretched over Sado Island, the River of Heaven.

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