水

Meanings: water On Readings: スイ sui Kun Readings: みず mizu Most Used Pronunciation: mizu JLPT Level: 4 (see all JLPT 4 kanji) Grade: 1 Kanji Part: 水 Stroke Number: 4

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Common jukugo
大水 - おお　みず oo mizu - flood
水着 - みず　ぎ mizu gi - swim suit, bathing suit
水曜日 - すい　よう　び sui you bi - Wednesday
寒中水泳 - かん　ちゅう　すい　えい kan chuu sui ei - Swimming in the middle of Winter (Polar bear club)
降水量 - こう　すい　りょう kou sui ryou - precipitation
硬水 - こうすい kou sui - hard water
香水 - こう　すい kou sui - perfume
水際 - みず　ぎわ mizu giwa - beach, waterside

Useful Examples
Japanese: 油と水を混ぜる事は出来ない。
Romaji: abura to mizu o mazeru koto wa dekinai.
English: You can not mix oil and water.

Look alike kanji
永 , 氷 frozen water requires one more stroke

Notes/Mnemonic
Squeeze a river (川 kawa) and you get water (mizu)

Many example sentences are from the Tanaka Corpus as modified for use with WWWJDIC.