noun

  1. water supply, water service, waterworks, tap water.
  2. channel, strait.
  3. water course, waterway.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
水道 すいどう

Contained Kanji Breakdown

water
みず スイ み (1st, N5)
road-way, street, district
みち ドウ ど (2nd, N4)
neck, counter for songs and poems
くび シュ おびと (2nd, N3)
grass, straw, herbs
to divide
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ いっ ひと- (1st, N5)
oneself
ジ みずか.ら おの.ずから (2nd, N4)
dot, tick or dot radical (no. 3)
チュ (Kentei 1)
eye, class, look
め モク ボク (1st, N4)