| 14 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 16 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 40 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 144 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 2482 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 16 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 68 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 54 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1.A | Japanese for Busy People |
| 21 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 21 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 19 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1151 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 10 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 3 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 3 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 132 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 17083 | Morohashi |
| 10 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 3030 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 130 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 137 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 166 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 31 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
水
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
223 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 水 【スイ】 Wednesday, shaved ice (served with flavored syrup), water (fifth of the five elements)
- 水位 【スイイ】 water level
- 用水 【ヨウスイ】 irrigation water, water for fire, city water, cistern water
- 浄水 【ジョウスイ】 clean water, purified water
Kun reading compounds
- 水 【みず】 water (esp. cool, fresh water, e.g. drinking water), fluid (esp. in an animal tissue), liquid, flood, floodwaters, water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout, break granted to wrestlers engaged in a prolonged bout
- 水揚げ 【みずあげ】 landing, unloading (e.g. a ship), catch (of fish), takings, sales (of a shop), defloration (e.g. of a geisha), preservation (of cut flowers, in ikebana)
- 飲み水 【のみみず】 drinking water, potable water
- 呼び水 【よびみず】 pump-priming, rousing, stimulation
Readings
- Japanese names:
- うず、 ずみ、 つ、 ど、 み、 みさ、 みつ、 みな、 みん
- Korean:
- su
Spanish
- agua
Portuguese
- água
French
- eau
| 1142 | 2001 Kanji |
| 3a0.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-1-3 | SKIP code |
| 4-4-3 | SKIP code |
| 1223.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-31-69 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 6c34 | Unicode hex code |
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 呑酸 【ドンサン】 acid reflux, heart-burn
- 呑舟 【ドンシュウ】 swallowing a boat whole
- 併呑 【ヘイドン】 annexation, absorption, merger, swallowing up
- 清濁併呑 【セイダクヘイドン】 being so broad-minded as to accept all sorts of things, both good and evil, being broad-minded enough to be tolerant of people of all shades
Kun reading compounds
- 飲む 【のむ】 to drink, to gulp, to swallow, to take (medicine), to smoke (tobacco), to engulf, to overwhelm, to keep down, to suppress, to accept (e.g. demand, condition), to make light of, to conceal
Readings
- Korean:
- tan
Spanish
- beber
- tragar
- menospreciar
- subestimar
Portuguese
French
| 39 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 489 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 3063 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 48970 | Morohashi |
| 2410 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 737 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 2080 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 2225 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 3d4.19 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-4-3 | SKIP code |
| 2-1-6 | SKIP code |
| 2060.3 | Four corner code |
| 1-38-61 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 5451 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
163 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 百 【ヒャク】 hundred, 100
- １００億 【ヒャクオク】 10,000,000,000, ten billion
- ９００ 【キュウヒャク】 900, nine hundred, fool, idiot
- ５００ 【ゴヒャク】 500, five hundred, many
- 凡百 【ボンピャク】 various, many, all kinds of
Kun reading compounds
- 百 【もも】 hundred, 100, (a great) many
- 百重 【ももえ】 piling up highly, becoming a large pile
Readings
- Japanese names:
- お、 ど、 どう、 なり、 ひゃっ、 ひゅく、 も、 もんど、 ゆう
- Korean:
- baeg, maeg
Spanish
- cien
- muchos
Portuguese
- cem
French
- cent
| 130 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 11 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 67 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 73 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 33 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 82 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 74 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 265 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1.A | Japanese for Busy People |
| 14 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 14 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 11 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1363 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 2519 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1279 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1746 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 38 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 22679 | Morohashi |
| 2026 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 3864 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 38 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 38 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 218 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 50 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 3178 | 2001 Kanji |
| 4c2.3 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-2-4 | SKIP code |
| 4-6-1 | SKIP code |
| 1060.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-41-20 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 767e | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N2
1628 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 姓 【セイ】 surname, family name, hereditary title (used in ancient Japan to denote rank and political standing)
- 姓名 【セイメイ】 (full) name, family name and given name
- 旧姓 【キュウセイ】 one's original family name, maiden name
- 同姓 【ドウセイ】 same surname
- 姓 【セイ】 surname, family name, hereditary title (used in ancient Japan to denote rank and political standing)
- 俗姓 【ゾクショウ】 secular surname (of a priest)
- 小百姓 【コビャクショウ】 peasant, small farmer
Readings
- Korean:
- seong
Spanish
- apellido
Portuguese
- sobrenome
French
- nom de famille
| 1471 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1766 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 1203 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1150 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 450 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 846 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1746 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1869 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 598 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 440 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 334 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 209 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 251 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1571 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 6178 | Morohashi |
| 279 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1196 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1557 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1678 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1163 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 1772 | 2001 Kanji |
| 3e5.3 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-3-5 | SKIP code |
| 4541.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-32-11 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 59d3 | Unicode hex code |