【水】(sui,zui,mizu/water,Wednesday) Japanese Kanji / JLPT N5

How to read 水

① Onyomi (Chinese reading)

The on-readings are

・すい　sui
・ずい　zui

For example,
・水曜日　sui-yō-bi　すいようび
　Wednesday
・水道　sjui-dō　すいどう
　water supply
・洪水　kō-zui　こうずい
　flood
and so on.

② Kunyomi (Japanese reading)

Next is the kun-reading.
It’s read as

・みず

For example,
・飲み水　no-mi-mizu　のみみず
　drinking water
・雨水　ama-mizu　あまみず
　rain water
and so on.

③ Special reading

Next is a special reading.

・水面　みなも　minamo
　surface of water
　This is a poetic expression.

Meaning of 水

Next is the meaning of the kanji for "水".
This kanji is used in the next meanings

・water
・Wednesday

Radical of 水

And the radical of this character is 水　sui, mizu.
This character itself is a radical, a basic character.

Family name

Next, I will introduce family names.
Here are some family names that are particularly common in Japan.

・清水　Shimizu
・水野　Mizuno
・水谷　Mizutani

Personal name

There are no specific well-known personal names using the Kanji for 水

Famous person

Next, I will introduce Japanese celebrities who use the Kanji 水.

・水木　しげる　 Mizuki Shigeru
　He is a Manga artist. He is the author of Hakaba Kitarō.

・水戸黄門　Mito Kōmon
　He is a feudal lord of the Edo period.
　He is the protagonist of a Japanese historical drama.

・水谷隼　Mizutani Jun He is a table tennis player.
　He won a gold medal in doubles at Tokyo 2020.

Look-alikes 水

Finally, here are some kanji that are similar to 水.

・氷　hyō, hi, kōri　ひょう、ひ、こおり
　ice
・永　ei, naga-i　えい、なが（い）
　eternity
・求　kyū, moto-meru　きゅう、もと（める）
request

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