EntryCommon
  1. Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verb

    dilution; watering down

    あのパブではビールを水増ししているのではないか。
    I suspect they water down the beer in that pub.
  2. inflation (of budget, claim, etc.); padding

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Characters in this word

2
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
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

increase, add, augment, gain, promote

Kun
ま.すま.しふ.えるふ.やす
On
ゾウ
Strokes
14
Taught
Grade 5
JLPT
N3
Frequency
231 of 2500
Radical
earth
WaniKani
Level 21

Built from

Used in names as

まします

Dictionary and index codes (33)
CodeReference
1-3-11SKIP code
3b11.3The Kanji Dictionary
4816.6Four corner code
1478deroo
5897Unicode hex code
1-33-93JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
1137Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1088New Nelson (John Haig)
677New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
836Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
483Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
619Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
502Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
541Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
298A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2077Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
693Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
5448PMorohashi
741A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
712Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
725Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
665sakade
441Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
763henshall3
797Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
365crowley
429Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
388Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
514Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
zeng1Pinyin reading
jeungKorean reading
n3JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
21WaniKani level