沿 means run alongside
follow along, run along, lie along
Water following: run alongside.
On'yomi
- エンen
Kun'yomi
- そ(う)sou
- ぞ(い)zoi
How it's built
- 氵water
- 㕣
Common words
- 沿線えんせんplaces alongside a railway line, bus route, major thoroughfare, etc.
- 沿いぞいalong (a river, coast, railway, etc.); on (e.g. a street)
- 沿岸えんがんcoast; shore
- 沿うそうto run along; to run beside