water

みず

Stroke Count4
Kangxi Number#85

About this radical

Flowing water. Left form 氵 (さんずい) appears in hundreds of water-related kanji. 海 (sea). 酒 (alcohol).

Variant forms

This radical changes shape depending on its position in a kanji.

Example kanji

Common kanji that use the radical 水.

water スイ みず

(みず)— water

水をください。

Please give me water.

sea, ocean カイ うみ

(うみ)— sea

夏休みに海に行きました。

I went to the sea during summer break.

alcohol, sake シュ さか- さけ

ぶどう酒(ぶどうしゅ)— (grape) wine

ぶどう酒という言葉を知っていますか。

Do you know the word "(grape) wine"?

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