Keyword
water
- Frequency
- #223
- Strokes
- 4
- Grade
- 1
- JLPT (old)
- N4
- Heisig
- 137
Readings
スイ80%
みず20%
Mnemonic
A drowning man flails a slash left, a slash right, grabs a hook shaped like katakana fu, and is hauled from the icy water, coughing.
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Composed of
Used in kanji
様-sama踏to step on康peaceful逮arrest永eternity泉fountain氷ice尿urine隷slave沝丞helping hand冰ice呇star汞mercury沓traditional Japanese shoes隶servant㽷dropsy埭dam棣flowering almond淼wide expanse of water閖shake while rinsing滎county in Henan漦saliva漿a drink潁name of a Chinese river盥tub錔cap頮wash隸prisoner霡drizzling rain鞜shoes
Used in vocabulary
水
water (esp. cool or cold); 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
Noun