What does the kanji 水 mean?

The kanji 水 (mizu) means "water". It is a JLPT N5 character.

What kanji is "mizu"?

"mizu" is written with the kanji 水, meaning "water". Its readings are onyomi (Chinese-derived) すい (sui), kunyomi (native Japanese) みず (mizu). It is a JLPT N5 character.

How do you write the kanji 水?

Write 水 ("water") by following the correct stroke order. Use the interactive, step-by-step stroke order animation on this page to practise each stroke in sequence and build muscle memory.

What are the readings of 水?

水 has these readings: onyomi (Chinese-derived) すい (sui), kunyomi (native Japanese) みず (mizu).

水“water” Kanjimizu / sui

JLPT N5

How to write 水

水 (water) kanji stroke order diagram with numbered strokes

Meaning and readings

Meaning

water

Onyomi (音読み)

すい sui

Chinese reading

Kunyomi (訓読み)

みず mizu

Japanese reading

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Example sentences using 水

Human-reviewed sentence pairs from the Tatoeba corpus, with readings shown above the kanji.

この川かわの水みずはきれいです。
The water in this river is clean.
水 (みず)
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鼻水はなみずがたくさん出でました。
My nose was very runny.
鼻水 (はなみず)
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川かわには水みずがありませんでした。
There was no water in the river.
水 (みず)
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Read 水 in a story

Short Japanese comics written so that every word in them is JLPT N5. One of them teaches this character — the match is on the words an episode teaches, not every character in its dialogue.