Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 1

JLPT level: N5

223 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 4

Meaning: water

Kunyomi: みず みず-

Onyomi: スイ

Radical

Radical:

Reading: みず

Meaning: water

Strokes: 4

Examples

Examples with audio

曜日(すいようび)   Wednesday

道(すいどう)   water supply

準(すいじゅん)   level, standard

中(すいちゅう)   underwater

(かいすい)   ocean water

(みず)   water

着(みずぎ)   bathing suit

色(みずいろ)   light blue

Onyomi Examples

スイ Wednesday, shaved ice (served with flavored syrup), water (fifth of the five elements)

スイイ water level

ヨウスイ irrigation water, water for fire, city water, cistern water

ジョウスイ clean water, purified water

Kunyomi Examples

みず water (esp. cool, fresh water, e.g. drinking water), fluid (esp. in an animal tissue), liquid, flood, floodwaters, water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout, break granted to wrestlers engaged in a prolonged bout

揚げ みずあげ landing, unloading (e.g. a ship), catch (of fish), takings, sales (of a shop), defloration (e.g. of a geisha), preservation (of cut flowers, in ikebana)

飲み のみみず drinking water, potable water

呼び よびみず pump-priming, rousing, stimulation