| 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 |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N5
570 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 母国 【ボコク】 one's home country, one's homeland
- 母校 【ボコウ】 alma mater
- 養父母 【ヨウフボ】 adoptive parents
- 空母 【クウボ】 aircraft carrier
Kun reading compounds
- 母 【はは】 mother
- 母親 【ははおや】 mother
- 必要は発明の母 【ひつようははつめいのはは】 necessity is the mother of invention
- 失敗は成功の母 【しっぱいはせいこうのはは】 failure is the mother of success
- 母屋 【もや】 purlin (structural beam in a roof), purline, main building (of a manor), central room (in traditional palatial-style architecture)
- 母屋桁 【もやげた】 purlin (structural beam in a roof), purline
- 雲母 【うんも】 mica, isinglass
- 乳母 【うば】 wet nurse, nursing mother
Readings
- Korean:
- mo
Spanish
- madre
- base
- cimientos
Portuguese
- mãe
- materno
French
- maman
- mère
| 137 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 222 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 203 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 554 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 2466 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 89 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 65 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 326 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 2.7 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 112 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 112 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 74 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1143 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 4287 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2165 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2917 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 102 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 16723 | Morohashi |
| 3475 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 3005 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 101 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 105 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 317 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 114 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 3647 | 2001 Kanji |
| 0a5.36 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 4-5-1 | SKIP code |
| 7750.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-42-76 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 6bcd | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N2
936 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 骨 【コツ】 knack, skill, trick, secret, know-how, the ropes, hang, bone, skeleton, cremated remains (esp. the bones), ashes
- 骨髄 【コツズイ】 bone marrow, medulla, true spirit, one's mind
- 白骨 【ハッコツ】 white (bleached) bone, skeleton
- 鉄骨 【テッコツ】 steel frame, steel beam, steel girder
Kun reading compounds
- 骨 【ほね】 bone, frame, outline, core, backbone, spirit, fortitude, laborious, troublesome, difficult
- 骨抜き 【ほねぬき】 boning (fish or meat), deboning, watering down (a plan, bill, etc.), dilution, emasculation, taking the backbone out of, weakening
- 河骨 【こうほね】 Japanese spatterdock (species of water lily, Nuphar japonica)
- お骨 【おこつ】 cremated remains (esp. the bones), ashes
Readings
- Korean:
- gol
Spanish
- hueso
- esqueleto
Portuguese
- esqueleto
- osso
- permanecer
- moldura
French
- os
- squelette
- restes
- charpente
| 877 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 867 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1081 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 5236 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 971 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1017 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1213 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1266 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1340 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1104 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1922 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 3288 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1699 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2310 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1297 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 45098 | Morohashi |
| 2654 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 6784 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1288 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1383 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 899 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 3646 | 2001 Kanji |
| 4b6.14 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-6-4 | SKIP code |
| 7722.7 | Four corner code |
| 1-25-92 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 9aa8 | Unicode hex code |