| 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 junior high
JLPT level N1
1659 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 飢餓 【キガ】 starvation, famine, hunger
- 飢饉 【キキン】 famine, crop failure, chronic shortage (e.g. of water)
Kun reading compounds
- 飢える 【うえる】 to starve, to be famished, to be hungry, to be starved of (e.g. love), to be thirsty for (e.g. knowledge), to be hungry for
Readings
- Korean:
- gi
Spanish
- hambre
- tener hambre
Portuguese
- faminto
- morrer de fome
French
- faim
- famine
| 1127 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1947 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 5155 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1717 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1903 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1304 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1383 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1346 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1902 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 2101 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1093 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1490 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1487 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 44023P | Morohashi |
| 1668 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 6675 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1475 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1585 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1404 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 2857 | 2001 Kanji |
| 8b2.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-8-2 | SKIP code |
| 8771.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-21-18 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 98e2 | Unicode hex code |
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 大飢饉 【ダイキキン】 great famine, severe famine
- 天保の大飢饉 【テンポウノダイキキン】 Great Tempo Famine
Readings
- Korean:
- geun
Spanish
Portuguese
French
| 5179 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 44366 | Morohashi |
| 6709 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 8b11.2 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-9-11 | SKIP code |
| 8471.4 | Four corner code |
| 1-81-28 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 9949 | Unicode hex code |