EntryCommonJLPT N1
  1. Noun

    source of river; fountainhead

    川の始まるところが、水源である。
    The place where a river starts is its source.
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Characters in this word

2
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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
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source, origin

Kun
みなもと
On
ゲン
Strokes
13
Taught
Grade 6
JLPT
N1
Frequency
738 of 2500
Radical
water
WaniKani
Level 34

Built from

Used in names as

はらみなもと

Dictionary and index codes (31)
CodeReference
1-3-10SKIP code
3a10.25The Kanji Dictionary
3119.6Four corner code
341deroo
6e90Unicode hex code
1-24-27JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
2656Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
3274New Nelson (John Haig)
656New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
806Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
470Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
600Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
142Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
153Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
827A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1863Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
893Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
17926Morohashi
853A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
580Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
589Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1486Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
864henshall3
958Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
854Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1231Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
144Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
yuan2Pinyin reading
weonKorean reading
n1JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
34WaniKani level