14 strokes
Jinmeiyou kanji used in names
Kentei exam level Pre-1
JLPT exam level N1

green, kingfisher

Kun'yomi
  • かわせみ
  • green ②greenery
On'yomi
  • スイ
Nanori
  • あきら

Main Radical

(KanXi)

Reading Commonality

みどり 79.5%
スイ 20.5%

Character Breakdown

green, kingfisher
みどり スイ かわせみ (Kentei Pre-1, N1)
feathers, counter for birds, rabbits
はね は ば (2nd, N2)
learn(習) variant
hooked enclosure
two-stroke water radical or ice radical (no. 15)
ヒョウ こおり (Kentei 1)
graduate, soldier, private
ソツ そっ.する シュツ (4th, N2)
also(亦) variant
kettle lid radical (no. 8)
トウ (Kentei 1)
two people
ショウ ジュウ ジュ (Kentei 1)
person
ひと ニン ジン (1st, N5)
ten
ジュウ ジッ ジュッ (1st, N5)

Common Words

approx. 80% of the way up a mountainside ②view of a light green mountain
the sense of being engulfed in a green, mountainous atmosphere
green (esp. of trees, rocks, etc.)
green eyebrow pencil ②hazy green (distant mountains)
blue-green ②lush growth
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References

Unicode hex code 7FE0
JIS X 0208 1-31-73
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 3676
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 4685
Halpern, J. New Japanese-English Character Dictionary 2705
Halpern, J. Kodansha Kanji Dictionary 3356
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha) 1738
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha), 2nd edition (2013) 2361
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji 2863
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji, Sixth Ed. 2876
O'Neill, P.G. Japanese Names 2204
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 28732X
Spahn and Hadamitzky Kanji and Kana 2201
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 2k12.2
Four corner code 1740.8