Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 2

JLPT level: N2

827 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 6

Meaning: pond, cistern, pool, reservoir

Kunyomi: いけ

Onyomi:

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Reading: さんずい

Meaning: water

Strokes: 3

Examples

Examples with audio

(でんち)   battery

貯水(ちょすいち)   reservoir

用水(ようすいち)   water reservoir

(いけ)   pond

(ふるいけ)   old pond

Onyomi Examples

魚の殃 チギョノワザワイ collateral damage, getting embroiled in someone else's dispute, having a fire spread to one's own house

チショウ ponds and swamps, retard, mentally disabled person

蓄電 チクデンチ storage battery

給水 キュウスイチ reservoir

Kunyomi Examples

いけ pond

蝶貝 いけちょうがい Hyriopsis schlegelii (species of freshwater mussel)

用水 ようすいいけ reservoir

人工 じんこういけ artificial pool