Kanji Study

Bushu (Radical) Info: 水 (みず) – water

Levels: JLPT N3 | JLPT 2 (old) | Grade 8
Frequency: #446 of the 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Common Words and/or Phrases Using this Kanji:

Click any individual kanji to view a similar information sheet for it.
Click [K] to look up the word's individual character(s) at WWWJDIC.
Click [D] to look up the word at WWWJDIC (definition is the same but other useful features exist).
Click [Jisho] to look up the word at Jisho.org.

JLPT N5 Words

• 渡す   [わたす]
  (v5s) to pass over; to hand over   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 渡る   [わたる]
  (v5r) to cross over; to go across   [K] [D] [Jisho]

JLPT N1 Words

• 橋渡し   [はしわたし]
  (n) "bridge building"; mediation   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 渡り鳥   [わたりどり]
  (n) migratory bird; bird of passage   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 見渡す   [みわたす]
  (v5s) to look out over; to survey (scene); to take an extensive view of   [K] [D] [Jisho]

Other Popular Words Not Classified by JLPT

• 鳥渡   [ちょっと]
  (ateji) (adv,int) (1) (uk) just a minute; short time; just a little; (2) somewhat; easily; readily; rather   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 言い渡し   [いいわたし]
  (n) sentence; judgment; pronouncement; order; command   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 言い渡す   [いいわたす]
  (v5s) to announce; to tell; to sentence; to order   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 過渡   [かと]
  (n) crossing; ferry; changing old to new   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 過渡期   [かとき]
  (n) transition period   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 渡し   [わたし]
  (n) ferry (crossing); ferry(boat); (also suffix) delivery   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 渡し船   [わたしぶね]
  (n) ferry; ferryboat   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 渡り   [わたり]
  (n) ferry   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 引き渡し   [ひきわたし]
  (n) delivery; handing over; turning over; extradition   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 引き渡す   [ひきわたす]
  (v5s) to deliver; to extradite; to stretch across; to hand over   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 不渡り   [ふわたり]
  (n) non-payment; dishonouring (bill); bouncing (cheque)   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 渡航   [とこう]
  (n) voyage   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 渡来   [とらい]
  (n,vs) visit; introduction; importation   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 譲り渡す   [ゆずりわたす]
  (v5s) to hand over; to turn over; to cede   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 譲渡   [じょうと]
  (n) assignment   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 手渡す   [てわたす]
  (v5s) to hand over; to surrender   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 刃渡り   [はわたり]
  (n) length of a (sword) blade; walking on the edge of a sword   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 行き渡る   [いきわたる]
  (v5r) to diffuse; to spread through   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 綱渡り   [つなわたり]
  (n) tightrope walking   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 受け渡し   [うけわたし]
  (n) delivery   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 行渡る   [いきわたる]
  (v5r) to diffuse; to spread through   [K] [D] [Jisho]

Find more details for 渡 at jisho.org, Yookoso! or WWWJDIC

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.