| 55 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 94 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 88 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 158 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 2553 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 99 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 211 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1071 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 3.14 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 117 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 117 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 454 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1184 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 459 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 284 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 344 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 471 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 17450 | Morohashi |
| 384 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 3133 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 461 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 500 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 206 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 171 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N4
200 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 海運 【カイウン】 maritime transport, shipping
- 海域 【カイイキ】 area of ocean
- 公海 【コウカイ】 high seas, international waters
- 内海 【ナイカイ】 inland sea, inlet, gulf, bay, lake
Kun reading compounds
- 海 【うみ】 sea, ocean, waters
- 海辺 【うみべ】 beach, seashore, seaside, coast
- 内海 【ないかい】 inland sea, inlet, gulf, bay, lake
- 血の海 【ちのうみ】 sea of blood, pool of blood
Readings
- Japanese names:
- あ、 あま、 うな、 うん、 え、 か、 た、 ひろ、 ひろし、 ぶ、 まち、 まま、 み、 め、 わたる
- Korean:
- hae
Spanish
- mar
- océano
- playa
Portuguese
- oceano
- mar
French
- mer
- océan
| 347 | 2001 Kanji |
| 3a6.20 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-3-6 | SKIP code |
| 3815.7 | Four corner code |
| 1-19-04 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 6d77 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1293 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 膨張 【ボウチョウ】 expansion, swelling, increase, growth
- 膨大 【ボウダイ】 huge, vast, enormous, colossal, extensive, large, swelling, expansion
- 海膨 【カイボウ】 rise
Kun reading compounds
- 膨らむ 【ふくらむ】 to expand, to swell (out), to get big, to become inflated
- 膨れる 【ふくれる】 to swell (out), to expand, to be inflated, to distend, to bulge, to get cross, to get sulky, to pout
Readings
- Korean:
- paeng
Spanish
- hinchado
- inflado
- hincharse
- inflarse
- hinchar
- inflar
Portuguese
- inchar
- engordar
- espesso
French
- gonfler
- grossir
- épais
| 1817 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1589 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 3818 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1362 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1682 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1145 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1198 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1354 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1043 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 1380 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 741 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 999 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1735 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 29861 | Morohashi |
| 1084 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 4874 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1719 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1855 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1835 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 3960 | 2001 Kanji |
| 4b12.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-4-12 | SKIP code |
| 7222.2 | Four corner code |
| 1-43-36 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 81a8 | Unicode hex code |