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People search for this as: ocean sea vastness depth

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Safe to ink

Clean, common, genuinely nice-looking.

What a Japanese person actually thinks

Open and calm. Reads as gentle rather than powerful — 海 is the sea you swim in, not the sea that kills you. Also a common given name for both boys and girls now.

Meaning

Literally
sea
Actually
The sea or ocean.

Scores

Naturalness●●●●●

Everyday word.

Coolness●●●●●

The water radical gives it good asymmetric movement. Meaning is broad.

Watch out

  • lowIncreasingly common as a first name (Umi / Kai). Some readers will see a name.

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  • taikai
    the open ocean
    If you want the vastness rather than the beach. Adds scale.

On skin

Orientation: either

Brush — the three-dot water radical is where a good hand shows.

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