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水 — 4 strokes / Radical「水」

道
10Elementary year 1 / 4 strokes / Radical「水」
On
スイすい · sui
Kun
みずmizu
Meaning
water

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Stroke-order animation, origin, compounds and an example in 60 seconds.

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

A picture of flowing water.

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onスイすいsui水分すいぶん水陸すいりく海水かいすい
Kunみずmizu水みず水色みずいろ水浴びみずあび

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 水曜日すいようび

    Wednesday

  • 水みず

    water

More words with this kanji

  • 水田すいでん
  • 海水かいすい
  • 水色みずいろ
  • 氷水こおりみず
  • 湖水こすい
  • 飲料水いんりょうすい

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

水(みず)を のみます。

I drink water.

IDIOMS

Idioms with this kanji

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

水曜日水曜日水日sun曜day of…氷ice永eterna…沖open…求to see…汞mercur…吹blow垂to han…炊cook帥comman…祟a curs…
CompoundRadicalReading

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