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水 みず、みず- water 5 223 4 85 みず・したみず・さんずい 象形 Pictographic The kanji for water is an abstract primitive itself, so unless one is willing to break down its etymological development, it should just simply be memorized by strokes; constructing a story is not necessarily useful unless it strongly denotes its shape (I find that Heisig´s story doesn´t do this).

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スイ うず, ずみ, つ, ど, み, みさ, みつ, みな, みん 水(みず): (1) water (esp. cool, fresh water, e.g. drinking water) (2) fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid (3) flood; floodwaters (4) water offered to sumo wrestlers just prior to a bout (5) break granted to sumo wrestlers engaged in a prolonged bout水準(すいじゅん): (1) level; standard (2) water level水道(すいどう): water service; water supply水面(すいめん): water's surface水泳(すいえい): swimming水田(すいでん): (water-filled) paddy field水産(すいさん): aquatic products; fisheries洪水(こうずい): flood排水(はいすい): drainage水曜(すいよう): Wednesday水素(すいそ): hydrogen水分(すいぶん): water; liquid; fluid; moisture; humidity; sap; juice水着(みずぎ): bathing suit; swimsuit; swimmers水平(すいへい): level; horizontality香水(こうすい): perfume下水(げすい): (1) drainage; ditch; gutter; sewerage (2) sewage; black water水蒸気(すいじょうき): water vapour; water vapor; steam断水(だんすい): water outage水源(すいげん): source of river; fountainhead地下水(ちかすい): underground water海水浴(かいすいよく): sea bathing; seawater bath淡水(たんすい): fresh water (i.e. not salt water)噴水(ふんすい): water fountain水洗(すいせん): rinsing with water; flushing潜水(せんすい): diving水滴(すいてき): (1) drop of water (2) vessel for replenishing inkstone water水平線(すいへいせん): horizon (related to sea or lakes)水気(みずけ): (1) moisture; dampness; vapor; vapour (2) dropsy; edema; oedema降水(こうすい): rainfall; precipitation水筒(すいとう): canteen; flask; water bottle; thermos大水(おおみず): flood水曜日(すいようび): Wednesday 1 水: water, water radical (no. 85) 水 4 (none) water For those having issues with this* "A 7K foot pool of water" Notice it looks like a 7, and a K. Might have to practice writing it a few times.

Kanji	水
Onyomi	スイ
Kunyomi	みず、みず-
Nanori	うず, ずみ, つ, ど, み, みさ, みつ, みな, みん
English	water
Examples	水(みず): (1) water (esp. cool, fresh water, e.g. drinking water) (2) fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid (3) flood; floodwaters (4) water offered to sumo wrestlers just prior to a bout (5) break granted to sumo wrestlers engaged in a prolonged bout 水準(すいじゅん): (1) level; standard (2) water level 水道(すいどう): water service; water supply 水面(すいめん): water's surface 水泳(すいえい): swimming 水田(すいでん): (water-filled) paddy field 水産(すいさん): aquatic products; fisheries 洪水(こうずい): flood 排水(はいすい): drainage 水曜(すいよう): Wednesday 水素(すいそ): hydrogen 水分(すいぶん): water; liquid; fluid; moisture; humidity; sap; juice 水着(みずぎ): bathing suit; swimsuit; swimmers 水平(すいへい): level; horizontality 香水(こうすい): perfume 下水(げすい): (1) drainage; ditch; gutter; sewerage (2) sewage; black water 水蒸気(すいじょうき): water vapour; water vapor; steam 断水(だんすい): water outage 水源(すいげん): source of river; fountainhead 地下水(ちかすい): underground water 海水浴(かいすいよく): sea bathing; seawater bath 淡水(たんすい): fresh water (i.e. not salt water) 噴水(ふんすい): water fountain 水洗(すいせん): rinsing with water; flushing 潜水(せんすい): diving 水滴(すいてき): (1) drop of water (2) vessel for replenishing inkstone water 水平線(すいへいせん): horizon (related to sea or lakes) 水気(みずけ): (1) moisture; dampness; vapor; vapour (2) dropsy; edema; oedema 降水(こうすい): rainfall; precipitation 水筒(すいとう): canteen; flask; water bottle; thermos 大水(おおみず): flood 水曜日(すいようび): Wednesday
JLPT Level	5
Jouyou Grade	1
Frequency	223
Components	水: water, water radical (no. 85)
Number of Strokes	4
Kanji Radical	水
Radical Number	85
Radical Strokes	4
Radical Reading	みず・したみず・さんずい
Traditional Form	(none)
Classification	象形 Pictographic
Keyword	water
Koohii Story 1	The kanji for water is an abstract primitive itself, so unless one is willing to break down its etymological development, it should just simply be memorized by strokes; constructing a story is not necessarily useful unless it strongly denotes its shape (I find that Heisig´s story doesn´t do this).
Koohii Story 2	For those having issues with this* "A 7K foot pool of water" Notice it looks like a 7, and a K. Might have to practice writing it a few times.

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