The kanji 潟 primarily represents a "lagoon," "shallow bay," or "tidal flat." It refers to a body of water that is partially enclosed by land, often connected to the sea, and characterized by its shallow depth.

・On-yomi (音読み): セキ (seki) ・Kun-yomi (訓読み): かた (kata)

⚫︎ 潟湖 Translation: Lagoon ⚫︎ 干潟 Translation: Tidal flat ⚫︎ 潟 is sometimes used as a part of place names.

The kanji 潟 is a phono-semantic compound (形声文字). ⚫︎ The left side is the water radical 氵 or 水, which indicates that it has something to do with water. ⚫︎ The right side is 各, which provides the sound and originally meant "each". The character 各 does not necessarily carry a meaning related to the definition of 潟. ⚫︎ Therefore, it indicates a body of water and uses 各 for sound.