Search Kanji for radical: 水

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water

Meaning: water; water radical (no. 85)
Kun-yomi: さんずい
On-yomi:

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: すく.う
On-yomi: ショウ

water

Meaning: water
Kun-yomi: みず/みず-
On-yomi: スイ

water radical variant (no. 85)

Meaning: water radical variant (no. 85)
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: スイ

Meaning:
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: ロク
氿

spring

Meaning: spring
Kun-yomi: おずみ/わきみず
On-yomi: キ/キュウ/グ

eternity

Meaning: eternity; long; lengthy
Kun-yomi: なが.い
On-yomi: エイ

water's edge

Meaning: water's edge; shore; bank
Kun-yomi: みぎわ/なぎさ
On-yomi: テイ

soup

Meaning: soup; juice; broth; sap; gravy; pus
Kun-yomi: しる/-しる/つゆ
On-yomi: ジュウ

spread out

Meaning: spread out; wide
Kun-yomi: ひろ.がる
On-yomi: ハン

draw (water)

Meaning: draw (water); ladle; scoop; pump
Kun-yomi: く.む
On-yomi: キュウ

branching stream

Meaning: branching stream
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: サ/シャ

to pour

Meaning: to pour
Kun-yomi: うるお.う
On-yomi: サク/シャク

weep

Meaning: weep
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: カン

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: あら.う
On-yomi: タイ/ダイ/タツ/タチ

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: あわただ.しい
On-yomi: ボウ/モウ

Meaning:
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: キツ/コチ

filthy

Meaning: filthy; dirty; impure; polluted
Kun-yomi: けが.す/けが.れる/けが.らわしい/よご.す/よご.れる/きたな.い
On-yomi:

high water

Meaning: high water; flood tides
Kun-yomi: そそ.ぐ
On-yomi: シン/サン/シャ

stream which leaves the main branch then later returns

Meaning: stream which leaves the main branch then later returns
Kun-yomi: かわ
On-yomi: シ/イ

pond

Meaning: pond; cistern; pool; reservoir
Kun-yomi: いけ
On-yomi:

you

Meaning: you; thou
Kun-yomi: なんじ/なれ/い/うぬ/いまし/し/しゃ/な/なむち/まし/みまし
On-yomi: ジョ

creek

Meaning: creek; inlet; bay
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: コウ

eventide

Meaning: eventide; tide; salt water; opportunity
Kun-yomi: しお/うしお/せい
On-yomi: セキ

sweat

Meaning: sweat; perspire
Kun-yomi: あせ
On-yomi: カン

fish swimming

Meaning: fish swimming; fishing with a net
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: サン

wetland

Meaning: wetland; marsh; (kokuji)
Kun-yomi: ねた
On-yomi:

dirty

Meaning: dirty; pollute; disgrace; rape; defile
Kun-yomi: けが.す/けが.れる/けが.らわしい/よご.す/よご.れる/きたな.い
On-yomi:

pan-

Meaning: pan-
Kun-yomi: ただよ.う/ひろ.い
On-yomi: ハン/ブ/フウ/ホウ/ホン

request

Meaning: request; want; wish for; require; demand
Kun-yomi: もと.める
On-yomi: キュウ/グ

drown

Meaning: drown; sink; hide; fall into; disappear; die
Kun-yomi: おぼ.れる/しず.む/ない
On-yomi: ボツ/モツ

Meaning:
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: ケイ/キョウ/セイ/ジョウ

confluence of two streams

Meaning: confluence of two streams; bend
Kun-yomi: なが.れる/みぎわ
On-yomi: ゼイ/ネイ/ゼツ/ネチ

Meaning:
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: コウ/オウ

name of a river in Henan

Meaning: name of a river in Henan; Henan
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: ヘン

river in Shandong province

Meaning: river in Shandong province
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: ブン/モン

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: つな.ぐ
On-yomi: ホウ

turbulent

Meaning: turbulent; noisy; restless
Kun-yomi: わ.く
On-yomi: キョウ

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: ほとり
On-yomi:

name of a river in western Hunan that flows into Dongting lake

Meaning: name of a river in western Hunan that flows into Dongting lake
Kun-yomi: みなもと
On-yomi: ゲン

ferry

Meaning: ferry; fog; flowing
Kun-yomi: ひろ.い
On-yomi: コウ

flowing and engulfing

Meaning: flowing and engulfing; brimming
Kun-yomi: なが.れる
On-yomi: エン/イ

sink

Meaning: sink; submerge; addicted to
Kun-yomi: しず.む/しず.める
On-yomi: チン/ジン

flood

Meaning: flood; overflowing
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: ベン/メン/ビン/ミン

deep

Meaning: deep
Kun-yomi: かす.か
On-yomi: ブツ/モチ/コツ/コチ

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: そ.える/そ.う/も.える/も.う
On-yomi: テン

name of a river

Meaning: name of a river
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi:

Meaning:
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: ハン

ditch

Meaning: ditch; drain; narrow waterway
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: コウ/ク

primeval chaos

Meaning: primeval chaos
Kun-yomi: くら.い
On-yomi: トン

sink

Meaning: sink; be submerged; subside; be depressed; aloes
Kun-yomi: しず.む/しず.める
On-yomi: チン/ジン

mercury

Meaning: mercury
Kun-yomi: みずがね
On-yomi: コウ

flowing full

Meaning: flowing full; expanse of water; wide; deep
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: オウ

name of a Chinese river

Meaning: name of a Chinese river
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: ギ/キ/ギン

close up

Meaning: close up; freeze over; congeal
Kun-yomi: さ.える/こお.る/ひ.える
On-yomi: ゴ/コ

shore

Meaning: shore; shoal
Kun-yomi: なぎさ
On-yomi:

penetrate

Meaning: penetrate; soak in
Kun-yomi: し.みる
On-yomi: シン

name of a Chinese river

Meaning: name of a Chinese river
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: フン

to sink

Meaning: to sink; name of a Chinese river
Kun-yomi: しず.む
On-yomi: コツ/イツ/ベキ

proper name

Meaning: proper name
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: ヘン/ベン

not

Meaning: not; have not; none; to drown; sink
Kun-yomi: おぼ.れる/しず.む/ない
On-yomi: ボツ/モツ

wash

Meaning: wash
Kun-yomi: もく.する/あら.う
On-yomi: モク

luxury

Meaning: luxury; select
Kun-yomi: おご.る/にご.る/よな.げる
On-yomi: タ/タイ

sand

Meaning: sand
Kun-yomi: すな/よなげる
On-yomi: サ/シャ

open sea

Meaning: open sea; offing; rise high into sky
Kun-yomi: おき/おきつ/ちゅう.する/わく
On-yomi: チュウ

to temper iron or steel for making swords_ etc. (also used figuratively)

Meaning: to temper iron or steel for making swords_ etc. (also used figuratively); to dip into water; to soak; to dye
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On-yomi:

decide

Meaning: decide; fix; agree upon; appoint
Kun-yomi: き.める/-ぎ.め/き.まる/さ.く
On-yomi: ケツ

vapor

Meaning: vapor; steam
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi:

billows

Meaning: billows
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi:

filter

Meaning: filter; Shanghai; river near Shanghai
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi:

fertility

Meaning: fertility
Kun-yomi: そそ.ぐ
On-yomi: ヨウ/ヨク/オク

swamp

Meaning: swamp
Kun-yomi: さわ/うるお.い/うるお.す/つや
On-yomi: タク

ooze

Meaning: ooze; flow; soak in; penetrate; secrete
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: ヒツ/ヒ

cry

Meaning: cry; weep; moan
Kun-yomi: な.く
On-yomi: キュウ

to let drop

Meaning: to let drop
Kun-yomi: な.げる
On-yomi: タク

float

Meaning: float
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi:

foul and poisonous in confusion

Meaning: foul and poisonous in confusion; out of harmony
Kun-yomi: そこな.う
On-yomi: レイ/ライ/テン

clear and deep (of water)

Meaning: clear and deep (of water); wide
Kun-yomi: さむ.い
On-yomi: ケイ/ギョウ

licentious

Meaning: licentious; libertine; dissipate
Kun-yomi: あふ.れる
On-yomi: イツ/イチ/テツ/デチ

Meaning:
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: ホン

Meaning:
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: チュツ/コツ/コチ

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