sea

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 海 has 9 strokes and denotes the sea.
• Basic usage: 海 is read うみ, and 海外 is read かいがい.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• The sea and abroad
  • 海で泳いだ means swimming in the sea.
  • 仕事で初めて海外へ行った means going abroad for work for the first time. 海外 is not interpreted merely as a location on the sea.
• も adding another location
  • 海外でも上映された means also screened abroad, with も adding a place where it was shown.