Entry
  1. Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verb

    straining; draining

    豆腐は軽く重しをして、20分ほどおいて水切りする。
    Lightly weigh the tofu down, leave it for about 20 minutes then drain.
  2. Noun

    drainer; strainer; colander

  3. cutwater (of a ship); forefoot; drip (on a building); flashing; throating; starling (of a bridge)

  4. stone skipping; stone skimming; skipping stones; ducks and drakes

  5. Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verb

    cutting a flower stem under water (to prolong its life)

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Characters in this word

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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

cut, cutoff, be sharp

Kun
き.る-き.るき.り-き.り-ぎ.りき.れる-き.れるき.れ-き.れ-ぎ.れ
On
セツサイ
Strokes
4
Taught
Grade 2
JLPT
N4
Frequency
324 of 2500
Radical
knife
WaniKani
Level 3

Built from

Used in names as

きつきりぎり

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
1-2-2SKIP code
2f2.2The Kanji Dictionary
4772.0Four corner code
1445deroo
5207Unicode hex code
1-32-58JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
667Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
453New Nelson (John Haig)
27New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
30Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
15Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
15Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
85Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
89Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
204A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
51Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
36Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1858Morohashi
156A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
39Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
39Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
99sakade
126Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
173henshall3
97Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
208crowley
250Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
3.3busy_people
179Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
86Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
qie1, qie4Pinyin reading
jeol, cheKorean reading
n4JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
3WaniKani level