Entry
  1. Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive verb

    sprinkling (water); watering (plants)

Also written かん水【かんすい】灌水【かんすい】

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Characters in this word

2
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

pour into, irrigate, shed (tears), flow into, concentrate on

Kun
そそ.ぐ
On
カン
Strokes
14
Radical
water

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (11)
CodeReference
1-3-11SKIP code
3a17.3The Kanji Dictionary
3411.4Four corner code
6f45Unicode hex code
1-20-35JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
3287New Nelson (John Haig)
2314Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2407Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
18216Morohashi
guan4Pinyin reading
gwanKorean reading
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