| 1740 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1767 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 3923 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1287 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1698 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 685 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1468 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1565 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1837 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 649 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 2781 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1426 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1924 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 239 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 30781P | Morohashi |
| 2237 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 5004 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 234 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 249 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1215 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1713 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 苗 【ミャオ】 Miao (people), Hmong
- 苗裔 【ビョウエイ】 descendant
- 種苗 【シュビョウ】 seeds and seedlings, eggs and hatchlings, (fish) eggs and fry
- 育苗 【イクビョウ】 raising seedlings
- 苗字 【ミョウジ】 surname, family name, last name
- 苗字帯刀 【ミョウジタイトウ】 the right to bear a surname and to wear a sword (during the Edo period)
- 豆苗 【トウミョウ】 pea sprouts
Kun reading compounds
- 苗 【なえ】 seedling, young plant, rice seedling
- 苗木 【なえぎ】 seedling, sapling, young tree
- 早苗 【さなえ】 rice seedling
- 花苗 【はななえ】 flower seedling
Readings
- Japanese names:
- ねい、 のら、 みう、 みつ
- Korean:
- myo
Spanish
- siembra
- plantón
- retoño
- vástago
Portuguese
- Muda (planta)
- broto
French
- plant
- jeune arbre
- bourgeon
| 1976 | 2001 Kanji |
| 3k5.2 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-3-5 | SKIP code |
| 4460.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-41-36 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 82d7 | Unicode hex code |
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
| 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) |
| 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 |