Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 6

JLPT level: N1

1720 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 8

Meaning: droop, suspend, hang, slouch

Kunyomi: た.れる た.らす た.れ -た.れ なんなんと.す

Onyomi: スイ

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Reading: つち

Meaning: earth

Strokes: 3

Examples

Examples with audio

線(すいせん)   perpendicular line

(けんすい)   pull-up, chinning exercise

炎(ちゅうすいえん)   appendicitis

直な(すいちょくな)   vertical, perpendicular

らす(たらす)   hang, dangle, spill [v.t.]

れる(たれる)   hang, dangle, droop [v.i]

れ(たれ)   sauce, gravy, hanging

れ(あまだれ)   raindrops

Onyomi Examples

スイチョク vertical, perpendicular

スイエイ hanging tail (of a traditional Japanese hat), drooping tail

口蓋 コウガイスイ uvula

チュウスイ (vermiform) appendix

Kunyomi Examples

れる たれる to hang, to droop, to dangle, to sag, to lower, to pull down, to give (e.g. lesson, instruction, scolding) (to someone of lower status), to confer, to grant, to bestow, to drip, to ooze, to trickle, to drop, to leave behind (at death), to say, to utter, to excrete (urine, feces, etc.), to let out (a fart)

らす たらす to dribble, to spill, to suspend, to hang down, to slouch, to dangle

たれ sauce (esp. soy or mirin-based dipping sauce), hanging, something hanging (flap, lappet, etc.), (kendo) loin guard, kanji radical enclosing the top-left corner of a character, woman, -ass, -head

れ幕 たれまく hanging banner, hanging screen, curtain

んとす なりなんとす to close in on (30 years of age, etc.), to approach, to get close to

んとする なんなんとする to close in on (30 years of age, etc.), to approach, to get close to