| 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 5
JLPT level N3
598 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 責 【セキ】 responsibility, duty, obligation
- 責任 【セキニン】 duty, responsibility (incl. supervision of staff), liability, onus
- 問責 【モンセキ】 blame, censure, reproof, reprimand, rebuke
- 引責 【インセキ】 taking responsibility
Kun reading compounds
- 責める 【せめる】 to condemn, to blame, to criticize, to criticise, to reproach, to accuse, to urge, to press, to pester, to torture, to torment, to persecute, to break in (a horse)
Readings
- Korean:
- chaeg, chae
Spanish
- condena
- censura
- obligación
- condenar
- censurar
- culpar
- criticar
Portuguese
- culpa
- condenar
- censurar
French
- blâmer
- condamner
- critiquer
| 649 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 751 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 728 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 759 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 4492 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 492 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 923 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 655 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 666 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 638 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1726 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 3115 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1595 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2176 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1555 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 36682 | Morohashi |
| 2467 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 5780 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1541 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1661 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 739 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 1461 | 2001 Kanji |
| 7b4.4 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-4-7 | SKIP code |
| 5080.6 | Four corner code |
| 1-32-53 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 8cac | Unicode hex code |