水 – JLPT N5 Kanji, Kanji for water (With 3D Visualization)
Kanji for water
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水
- Meanings
- water
- Onyomi
- スイ
- Kunyomi
- みず
- Name Readings
- うず, ずみ, つ, ど, み, みさ, みつ, みな, みん
- JLPT
- N5
- Grade
- 1
- Frequency
- -
- Kanji Writing Practice
- Practice
Stroke Order
Story
The kanji 水 began as a drawing of water flowing downward with drops spreading out on each side. Ancient people used it to show the shape and movement of water — flowing, splitting, and joining again. It’s one of the oldest and most important symbols, used to represent not only water itself but also the idea of flow, change, and life.
Short Story
This kanji shows flowing water with small drops around it. It’s the picture of a stream — calm, clear, and always moving. 水 means water, the source of life.
Mnemonic
This kanji declares: water flows freely, branching and joining — 水 means flow, life, and purity itself.
Vocabulary Examples
| Word | Reading | Meaning | Meta |
|---|---|---|---|
| 水 | みず | water (esp. cool or cold) | common JLPT-N5 Noun |
| 水 | すい | Wednesday | Noun |
| 水曜日 | すいようび | Wednesday | common JLPT-N5 Noun, Adverb (fukushi) |
| 水道 | すいどう | water supply, water service, waterworks, tap water | common JLPT-N4 Noun |
| 水泳 | すいえい | swimming | common JLPT-N4 Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive verb |
| 水素 | すいそ | hydrogen (H) | common JLPT-N2 Noun |
| 水分 | すいぶん | water, liquid, fluid, moisture, humidity, sap, juice | common JLPT-N2 Noun |
| 水蒸気 | すいじょうき | water vapour, water vapor, steam | common JLPT-N2 Noun |
| 水平 | すいへい | horizontal, level, even | common JLPT-N2 Na-adjective (keiyodoshi), Noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no', Noun |
| 水源 | すいげん | source of river, fountainhead | common JLPT-N1 Noun |