| 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 4
JLPT level N2
1253 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 浅見 【センケン】 shallow view, superficial idea
- 浅海 【センカイ】 shallow sea
- 深浅 【シンセン】 depth, shade (of color, colour)
Kun reading compounds
- 浅い 【あさい】 shallow, superficial, slight (wound), light (sleep), pale (colour), inadequate (knowledge), short (time), early, young
- 浅煎り 【あさいり】 light roast (coffee)
Readings
- Japanese names:
- あざ、 さ
- Korean:
- cheon
Spanish
- poco profundo
- superficial
Portuguese
- raso
- frívolo
- superficial
- desprezível
- obsceno
French
- peu profond
- superficiel
- frivole
- misérable
- honteux
| 655 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 554 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 525 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 838 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 2549 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 722 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 683 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 827 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 649 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 660 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 122 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1190 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 464 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 289 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 349 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 375 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 17452 | Morohashi |
| 389 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 3129 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 369 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 395 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 529 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 359 | 2001 Kanji |
| 3a6.4 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-3-6 | SKIP code |
| 3315.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-32-85 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 6d45 | Unicode hex code |
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 海葱 【カイソウ】 white squill (Urginea maritima), sea onion
- 鬱蒼 【ウッソウ】 thick, dense, luxuriant
Kun reading compounds
- 葱 【ねぎ】 Welsh onion (Allium fistulosum), Japanese bunching onion, green onion, spring onion, scallion
- 葱油 【ねぎあぶら】 scallion oil
- 万能ネギ 【ばんのうねぎ】 thin green spring onion shoots (esp. minced as a condiment)
- 九条ネギ 【くじょうねぎ】 Kujō spring onion (variety common in the Kansai region)
Readings
- Korean:
- chong
Spanish
Portuguese
French
| 3993 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 31454X | Morohashi |
| 5123 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 2389 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 2471 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 3k9.20 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-3-9 | SKIP code |
| 2-4-9 | SKIP code |
| 4433.2 | Four corner code |
| 1-39-12 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 8471 | Unicode hex code |