Chinese

Noun

海岸

1. coast; seashore

Derived terms

Japanese

Pronunciation

• On'yomi
• (Tokyo) かいがん [kàígáń] (Heiban - [0])^[1]
• IPA^(key): [ka̠iɡ̃ã̠ɴ]

Noun

海岸 ‎(hiragana かいがん, romaji kaigan)

1. the border between land and sea; coast; shore

Compounds

• 海岸線

References

1. ↑ 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, ISBN 978-4-14-011112-3

• 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, ISBN 4095102535.

Korean

Noun

海岸 • ‎(haean) ‎(hangeul 해안)

1. Hanja form^? of 해안, “shore, seaside”.