JLPT N5
水
Water
Onyomi
スイ (sui)
Kunyomi
みず (mizu)
🧠 Memory Mnemonic
🔍 Radical Breakdown
丨 (vertical stroke, representing a person) + 冫 (ice/water, here representing splashes)
📖 Mnemonic Story
Picture a person (丨) standing with arms stretched out, and water splashing on both sides (the two curved strokes). They're getting SOAKED by a powerful waterfall, feeling the cool water rush past their body!
💡
Quick Hint:
Person in waterfall
Essential N5 Vocabulary
水
みず
Water
水道
すいどう
Water supply, tap
水曜日
すいようび
Wednesday
Kanji Practice Quiz
Verify your memory for "水"
＿＿＿＿＿を 飲みます。
🎉 正解 / Correct!
解説: 「水」の訓読みは「みず」です。
English: The kunyomi (Japanese reading) for water is "mizu".
English: The kunyomi (Japanese reading) for water is "mizu".
🦅
Want to master all JLPT N5 Kanji?
Project Eagle offers thousands of gamified, AI-powered JLPT practice problems completely for free. Master Kanji, grammar, and listening with adaptive spacing!