Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.), Ichidan verb
to try and draw someone out; to fish for information
Idiomatic expression
「きれいな宝石ですね」、適当な話題かどうかわからないが、とりあえずそう水を向けてみた。"Pretty gem, isn't it?" Not knowing if it was a suitable subject or not, but anyway I tried to get her interest that way. (for a shrine maiden) to present water to spirits while invoking them
to offer water before a grave
Characters in this word
2水
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
- 水 water
- WaniKani
- Level 2
Built from
Used in names as
うずずみつどみみさみつみなみん
Dictionary and index codes (34)
| Code | Reference |
|---|---|
| 1-1-3, 4-4-3 | SKIP code |
| 3a0.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1223.0 | Four corner code |
| 1142 | deroo |
| 6c34 | Unicode hex code |
| 1-31-69 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 2482 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 3030 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 10 | New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 10 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 3 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 3 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 130 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 137 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 144 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 54 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 16 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 17083 | Morohashi |
| 40 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 21 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 21 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 14 | sakade |
| 68 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 16 | henshall3 |
| 31 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 166 | crowley |
| 19 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1.A | busy_people |
| 1151 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 132 | Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette) |
| shui3 | Pinyin reading |
| su | Korean reading |
| n5 | JLPT level (KANJIDIC2) |
| 2 | WaniKani level |
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Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0
Dictionary and index codes (33)
| Code | Reference |
|---|---|
| 3-3-3 | SKIP code |
| 3d3.10 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2722.0 | Four corner code |
| 849 | deroo |
| 5411 | Unicode hex code |
| 1-24-94 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 101 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 712 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 3052 | New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 3790 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1934 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2627 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 183 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 195 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 217 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 312 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 215 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 3301 | Morohashi |
| 278 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 199 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 199 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 213 | sakade |
| 402 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 294 | henshall3 |
| 266 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 192 | crowley |
| 557 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 319 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 186 | Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette) |
| xiang4 | Pinyin reading |
| hyang, sang | Korean reading |
| n3 | JLPT level (KANJIDIC2) |
| 6 | WaniKani level |