| 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 or cold), 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 |
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names
2451 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 溜飲 【リュウイン】 acid reflux, bile reflux, pyrosis, stomach acid (when it enters the esophagus), heartburn, indigestion, water brash, gloating, gratification, satisfaction
- 溜飲が下がる 【リュウインガサガル】 to feel relieved, to feel satisfied
- 溝溜 【コウリュウ】 drain and pool for collecting sewage, etc.
- 貯留 【チョリュウ】 accumulation (e.g. of water), retention, storage, collection, sequestration (e.g. of carbon dioxide)
Kun reading compounds
- 溜まる 【たまる】 to collect, to gather, to save, to accumulate, to pile up
- 溜まる 【たまる】 to collect, to gather, to save, to accumulate, to pile up
- 溜める 【ためる】 to amass, to accumulate, to store, to leave unpaid
- 溜まり 【たまり】 pile, pool, collection, gathering spot, waiting place for a wrestler beside the ring, liquid runoff from miso preparation, tamari, variety of rich soy sauce (used for sashimi, etc.)
- たまり醤油 【たまりじょうゆ】 tamari soy sauce, variety of rich soy sauce (used for sashimi, etc.)
- 船だまり 【ふなだまり】 moorage (esp. for small boats), anchorage
- 溜め 【ため】 cesspool, sink, manure sink
- ため息 【ためいき】 sigh
- ゴミ溜め 【ゴミため】 garbage dump, scrap heap, rubbish dump, dump, dumpsite
Readings
- Korean:
- ryu
Spanish
Portuguese
French
| 1892 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 2658 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 814 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 608 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 17943 | Morohashi |
| 662 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 3276 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 2324 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 2415 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 3a10.11 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-3-10 | SKIP code |
| 3716.2 | Four corner code |
| 1-46-15 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 6e9c | Unicode hex code |