Noun
endless argument; pointless argument; fruitless dispute; futile discussion; argument over whose field to water (during a drought)
それは結局水掛け論だ。It will only mean an endless debate.
Also written 水かけ論【みずかけろん】、水掛論【みずかけろん】
Characters in this word
3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 |
掛
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0
Dictionary and index codes (30)
| Code | Reference |
|---|---|
| 1-3-8 | SKIP code |
| 3c8.6 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 5300.0 | Four corner code |
| 1354 | deroo |
| 639b | Unicode hex code |
| 1-19-61 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 1952 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 2214 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 493 | New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 596 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 361 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 449 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 674 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 727 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1183 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 1321 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1143 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 12267 | Morohashi |
| 1083 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1464 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1559 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1362 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1436 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 1477 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 896 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 681 | Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette) |
| gua4 | Pinyin reading |
| gwae | Korean reading |
| n3 | JLPT level (KANJIDIC2) |
| 25 | WaniKani level |
論
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0
Dictionary and index codes (33)
| Code | Reference |
|---|---|
| 1-7-8 | SKIP code |
| 7a8.13 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 0862.7 | Four corner code |
| 3053 | deroo |
| 8ad6 | Unicode hex code |
| 1-47-32 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 4391 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 5646 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1574 | New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1981 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1058 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1424 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1820 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1961 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 267 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 2320 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 406 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 35658 | Morohashi |
| 996 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 293 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 293 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 881 | sakade |
| 908 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1006 | henshall3 |
| 989 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 110 | crowley |
| 496 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1700 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 1837 | Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette) |
| lun4, lun2 | Pinyin reading |
| ron, yun | Korean reading |
| n3 | JLPT level (KANJIDIC2) |
| 20 | WaniKani level |