The kanji 水: meaning, readings and stroke order

水

Meaning: water
On reading: スイ sui
Kun reading: みず mizu
Strokes: 4
Radical: 水 water
Level: Level 1 · grade 1

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: nước (thủy)
Japanese: みず。
Korean: 물 (수)
Chinese: 水

Readings, words and example sentences

スイ sui · on reading

水すい中ちゅう
underwater
水すい中ちゅうに白い石が見えます。
I can see a white stone under the water.

みず mizu · kun reading

水みず
water
つめたい 水みずをのみます。
I drink cold water.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.