Kanji: 水 mizu water
Squeeze a river (川) and you get water 水.
JLPT N5: 24 / 100 | 4 Strokes
水
On: スイ
Kun: みず
Kun: みず
Meaning: water
This kanji as a radical often looks like 氵 and is found with kanji dealing with water. 氵 doesn't look much like 水 but remembering this fact will help down the road.
Stroke Order:
Examples:
- 大水 flood [lit. big water]
- 水着 swimsuit, bathing suit
- 水曜日 Wednesday
Example Sentence:
水着を持っていますか？
Do you have your swimming trunks?
- 水着 swimsuit
- を (direct object marker)
- 持っています (do you) have [～ています form of 持つ (to have; to hold; to own)]
- か (question marker)
