beach

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 浜 has 10 strokes and denotes a beach or seashore.
• Basic usage: 砂浜 is read すなはま, and 海浜 is read かいひん.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• A sandy beach and the seashore
  • 砂浜 denotes a beach made of sand.
  • 砂の多い海浜 adds the description of abundant sand to 海浜; 海浜 itself does not always mean only a sandy beach.
• Space crossed and destination
  • を in 砂浜を裸足で歩いた marks the space walked across.
  • に in 砂浜に小さな貝殻を運んできた marks the destination to which the shells were carried.