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Kanji Information Sheet for 水 ( PDF version )
Bushu (Radical) Info: 水 (みず) – water
Henshall Mnemonic: water squeezes between banks
Levels: JLPT N5 | JLPT 4 (old) | Grade 1
Frequency: #223 of the 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Frequency: #223 of the 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Common Words and/or Phrases Using this Kanji:
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JLPT N5 Words
JLPT N4 Words
JLPT N3 Words
JLPT N2 Words
- 水産 [すいさん]
(n) marine products; fisheries [K] [D] [Jisho] - 海水浴 [かいすいよく]
(n) sea bathing; seawater bath [K] [D] [Jisho] - 断水 [だんすい]
(n) water outage [K] [D] [Jisho] - 水蒸気 [すいじょうき]
(n) water vapour; steam [K] [D] [Jisho] - 下水 [げすい]
(n) drainage; sewage; ditch; gutter; sewerage [K] [D] [Jisho] - 水素 [すいそ]
(n) hydrogen [K] [D] [Jisho] - 水着 [みずぎ]
(n) bathing suit; swimsuit [K] [D] [Jisho] - 地下水 [ちかすい]
(n) underground water [K] [D] [Jisho] - 水滴 [すいてき]
(n) drop of water [K] [D] [Jisho] - 水筒 [すいとう]
(n) canteen; flask; water bottle [K] [D] [Jisho] - 水分 [すいぶん]
(n) moisture [K] [D] [Jisho] - 水平 [すいへい]
(adj-na,n) water level; horizon [K] [D] [Jisho] - 噴水 [ふんすい]
(n) water fountain [K] [D] [Jisho] - 水平線 [すいへいせん]
(n) horizon [K] [D] [Jisho] - 水面 [すいめん]
(n) water's surface [K] [D] [Jisho] - 香水 [こうすい]
(n) perfume [K] [D] [Jisho] - 水曜 [すいよう]
(n-adv,n) Wednesday [K] [D] [Jisho] - 淡水 [たんすい]
(n) fresh water [K] [D] [Jisho]
JLPT N1 Words
Other Popular Words Not Classified by JLPT
- 潜水艦 [せんすいかん]
(n) submarine [K] [D] [Jisho] - 水牛 [すいぎゅう]
(n) water buffalo [K] [D] [Jisho] - 水量 [すいりょう]
(n) quantity or volume of water [K] [D] [Jisho] - 水玉 [みずたま]
(n) polkadot [K] [D] [Jisho] - 水力 [すいりょく]
(n) hydraulic power [K] [D] [Jisho] - 水銀 [すいぎん]
(n) mercury [K] [D] [Jisho] - 水路 [すいろ]
(n) waterway; channel; aqueduct [K] [D] [Jisho] - 水系 [すいけい]
(n) drainage system [K] [D] [Jisho] - 取水 [しゅすい]
(n,vs) drawing water from river or lake [K] [D] [Jisho] - 冷水 [れいすい]
(n) cold water [K] [D] [Jisho] - 水口 [みずぐち]
(n) a spout [K] [D] [Jisho] - 水彩画 [すいさいが]
(n) water color painting [K] [D] [Jisho] - 浄水 [じょうすい]
(n) clean water [K] [D] [Jisho] - 水際 [みずぎわ]
(n) beach; water's edge [K] [D] [Jisho] - 飲み水 [のみみず]
(n) drinking water [K] [D] [Jisho] - 水産業 [すいさんぎょう]
(n) fisheries industry [K] [D] [Jisho] - 水産庁 [すいさんちょう]
(Japanese) Fisheries Agency [K] [D] [Jisho] - 水産物 [すいさんぶつ]
(n) marine products [K] [D] [Jisho] - 水死 [すいし]
(n) drowning [K] [D] [Jisho] - 海水 [かいすい]
(n) ocean water [K] [D] [Jisho] - 水質 [すいしつ]
(n) water quality [K] [D] [Jisho] - 給水 [きゅうすい]
(n) water supply [K] [D] [Jisho] - 水車 [すいしゃ]
(n) water wheel [K] [D] [Jisho] - 海水浴場 [かいすいよくじょう]
seawater baths [K] [D] [Jisho] - 誘い水 [さそいみず]
(n) pump priming [K] [D] [Jisho]
Acknowledgments
The sofware used to generate this kanji information uses the EDICT and KANJIDIC files. These files are the property of the Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group at Monash University and are used in conformance with the Group's license.NOTE: I converted the sources just mentioned years ago and have never really updated so there may be some missing or incorrect information that has been addressed in the original sources but not here.
The first Stroke Order image used on this page is courtesy of Ulrich Apel's excellent open source KanjiVG project. The second image is from the folks at the excellent Jisho Japanese-English dictionary site and it too is based on KanjiVG.
Classifying the kanji and popular vocabulary by the new JLPT levels was done by consulting Jonathan Waller‘s JLPT Resources page, renshuu, Wictionary, and Nihongo Ichiban.
The Henshall Mnemonics are the copyright of Tuttle Publishing and are the result of the hard work by Professor Henshall. See the list I used here.
If you are curious about the lexicography shown in the word definitions, visit the WWWJDIC abbreviations and codes guide and the JMdict/Edict Lexicographical details page.