This kanji has a kunyoumi or Japanese reading of: みず, and it has an onyoumi or Chinese reading of: スイ. This character has the meaning: water. This character is made up of the following radicals or parts: the hook radical はねぼう in the middle, katakana フ on the left, followed by two individual strokes on the right. You can remember this kanji by thinking of it as water issuing from a tap or spigot. Our example sentence is: 水を飲みませんでした。みずをのみませんでした。I did not drink the water.

Grade

Kun

On

Meaning

Strokes

Example Sentence

JLPT N5

みず

スイ

water

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水を飲みませんでした。

みずをのみませんでした。

I did not drink the water.