4 strokes
Jouyou kanji
Taught in 1st grade
JLPT exam level N5

water

Kun'yomi
  • water (esp. cool or cold) ②fluid (esp. in an animal tissue) ③flood ④water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout
  • みず-
On'yomi
  • Wednesday ②shaved ice (served with flavored syrup) ③water (fifth of the five elements)
Nanori
  • うず
  • ずみ
  • みさ
  • みつ
  • みな
  • みん

Main Radical

(KanXi)

Variants

Reading Commonality

みずみず- 64.3%
スイ 35.0%
0.7%
うず 0.0%

Character Breakdown

water
みず スイ み (1st, N5)

Common Words

water (esp. cool or cold) ②fluid (esp. in an animal tissue) ③flood ④water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout
bathing suit
spring water ②clear (pure) water
water ②night entertainment business ③racy
aborted, stillborn or miscarried fetus (fetus) ②newborn baby
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References

Unicode hex code 6C34
JIS X 0208 1-31-69
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Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 3a0.1
Four corner code 1223.0
De Roo Code 1142