Entry
  1. Noun, Suru verb

    sprinkling water (to keep down dust, cool pavements, etc.)

    「とりあえず店の前、掃除しといてくれ」「了解!」「打ち水も頼む」
    "Clean up in front of the shop first." "OK!" "Sprinkle some water out there too."

Also written 打水【うちみず】

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Characters in this word

2
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

strike, hit, knock, pound, dozen

Kun
う.つう.ち-ぶ.つ
On
ダース
Strokes
5
Taught
Grade 3
JLPT
N3
Frequency
239 of 2500
Radical
hand
WaniKani
Level 4

Built from

Used in names as

うち

Dictionary and index codes (33)
CodeReference
1-3-2SKIP code
3c2.3The Kanji Dictionary
5102.0Four corner code
1353deroo
6253Unicode hex code
1-34-39JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
1829Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
2063New Nelson (John Haig)
193New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
224Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
142Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
170Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
653Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
705Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
180A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
136Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
682Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
11781Morohashi
335A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1020Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1059Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
460sakade
554Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
355henshall3
256Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
435crowley
771Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
854Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
660Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
da3Pinyin reading
ta, jeongKorean reading
n3JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
4WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

water

Kun
みずみず-
On
スイ
Strokes
4
Taught
Grade 1
JLPT
N5
Frequency
223 of 2500
Radical
water
WaniKani
Level 2

Built from

Used in names as

うずずみみさみつみなみん

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
1-1-3, 4-4-3SKIP code
3a0.1The Kanji Dictionary
1223.0Four corner code
1142deroo
6c34Unicode hex code
1-31-69JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
2482Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
3030New Nelson (John Haig)
10New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
10Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
130Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
137Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
144A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
54Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
16Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
17083Morohashi
40A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
21Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
21Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
14sakade
68Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
16henshall3
31Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
166crowley
19Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1.Abusy_people
1151Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
132Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
shui3Pinyin reading
suKorean reading
n5JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
2WaniKani level