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water 水
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The radical mizu stands for water. It is commonly used in its short form 氵. |
Used in these Kanji:
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水
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JLPT 5Joyo 1 |
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water
mizu, SUI The usage as a radical is: 氵= drops of water
水 is similar to the sign of river 川, which also stands for water.
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水
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泳
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JLPT 3Joyo 3 |
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swim
oyogu, EI Left: water 氵, right: long time/lasting 永 (The swimmer 丶 is in the water 水 for: a long time)
In the water, a person 丶 can be for a long time 永 (=above the water level 一,水) when swimming.
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氵
永
水
丶
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線
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JLPT 3Joyo 2 |
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line, (railway) track, wire
SEN Left: thread 糸, right: spring/fountain 泉 (= white 白 water 水)
Like a thread flows the spring's water: in a line. (Or: The thread in white water is a [fishing] line.)
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糸
泉
白
水
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氷
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JLPT 3Joyo 3 |
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ice
kōri, HYŌ Upper left: a drop 丶, rest: water 水
A drop of water turns into ice.
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水
丶
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様
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JLPT 3Joyo 3 |
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alike, such, polite suffix (Gentleman), condition
sama, zama, YŌ Left: Tree 木, right: sheep 羊 and water 水
If you have trees, sheep and water you are a gentleman (or alike).
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木
羊
水
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緑
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JLPT 3Joyo 3 |
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green, verdure
midori, RYOKU, ROKU Left: thread 糸 (here: plant fiber), right: extrude 录 (= a pressing hand ヨ lets liquid 水 drop out.)
When plant fibers are pressed the extruding liquid is green.
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糸
录
水
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求
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JLPT 3Joyo 4 |
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ask for, request, want
motomeru, KYŪ Top: cover 亠 (here: one 一 and a drop 丶), below: water 水
(I'm dying of thirst) Just one drop of water, this is my: request!
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求
丶
水
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康
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JLPT 3Joyo 4 |
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health, peace
KŌ Left: building 广, below: 隶 (hand ナ/ヨ holding a stick 丨 which stirs a liquid 水) [cf. to catch 逮]
In a building a hand stirs a soup which is for the health.
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广
隶
尹
水
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録
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JLPT 3Joyo 4 |
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record, transcript
ROKU Left: metal 金, right: exude/squeeze 录 (pressing hand ヨ makes liquid 水 drop out, but here: embossing)
Metal can be pressed (or embossed), and thus is used for recordings.
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金
录
水
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永
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JLPT 2Joyo 5 |
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eternal, long time, permanent, lasting
nagai, EI Top: head 丶 of a swimming person or an accent 丶 as emphasis, below: var. of water 水
I emphasise 丶 water has been here eternally. Or: This head 丶 is in the water already for a long time.
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永
水
丶
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暴
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JLPT 2Joyo 5 |
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expose, violence, outburst, rage
abareru/ku, BŌ, BAKU From top: Sun 日, together with 共 (Put the plants 艹 on the table  together-) and water 水
The sun together with the water exposes the violence.
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日
共
水
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泉
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JLPT 2Joyo 6 |
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spring, fountain
izumi, SEN Top: white 白 (The shine ノ of the sun 日 makes it white.), below: water 水
White water from the spring.
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水
泉
白
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泰
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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calm, peace, quiet, tranquil
TAI From top: three 三, person 人, water 水
Three persons in the water are somewhat calm & peaceful.
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水
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踏
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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tread on, step on, trample
fumu/maeru, TŌ Left: foot 足 (kneecap 口 and a footprint 止), right: shoe 沓 [くつ] (water 水, sun 日)
(Do not step into a puddle) The foot [should watch] in watery days (=rainy weather) where to step/tread. [Or: The foot has a shoe for treading.]
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足
水
止
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尿
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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urine, pee
NYŌ Left: buttock 尸 in side view, below: water 水
The buttock's water is urine.
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尸
水
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爆
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JLPT 2Joyo 7 |
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burst, explode, bomb
BAKU Left: fire 火, right: expose, violence 暴 (= sun 日 [here: frying pan,skillet], together 共, water 水)
(You can not extinguish burning fat in a frying pan with water.) Fire leads in a frying pan 日 together with water to an explosion.
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火
目
共
水
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腺
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JLPT -Joyo 7 |
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gland [anat.]
SEN Left: body part 月/肉, right: spring/fountain 泉 (It has white 白 water 水)
This bodypart is a "spring": the glands.
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肉
泉
白
水
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藤
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JLPT -Joyo 7 |
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wisteria (bot.)
fuji, TŌ From top: plant 艹, imperial WE 朕 (A body 月 out of 丷 the heaven 天: that is Us), water 水
The plant that is imperial and appears like flowing water: the wisteria.
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艹
朕
龹
水
天
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剝
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JLPT -Joyo 7 |
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uncover, peel off, strip off, come off, reveal
hagasu, HAKU Left top: var. of mutual 互 (intertwined 丩 threads on a spool), below: water 水, right: knife 刂
Mutually, water or a knife can peel off sth. or reveal/uncover.
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彑
丩
水
刂
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膝
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JLPT -Joyo 7 |
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knee
hiza, Learn this together with "lacquer/varnish" 漆 (うるし) = "From the water/sap 氵of this tree 木 the person 人 makes drops 水 of: lacquer 漆"
(In former times they had wooden lacquered knee-protectors) The body part 月/肉 with the lacquer are the: knee.
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木
水
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