水 Kanji – water
The Japanese kanji 水 can mean water.
Meaning and Readings
How is 水 read?
水 has the onyomi reading スイ and the kunyomi readings みず, みず-.
In romaji, these readings can be written as sui, mizu.
Common Japanese Words Using 水
These common Japanese words contain 水. Select linked kanji to explore their meanings and readings.
- 飲料水（いんりょうすい） — drinking water
- 汚水（おすい） — filthy water, sewage
- 下水（げすい） — drainage, ditch, gutter, sewerage
- 下水道（げすいどう） — sewer, sewer system, sewerage, drain
- 海水（かいすい） — seawater, saltwater
- 海水浴（かいすいよく） — swimming in the ocean, sea bathing, seawater bath, going for a dip in the ocean
- 海水浴場（かいすいよくじょう） — swimming area (in the ocean), swimming beach, seawater baths
- 渇水（かっすい） — water shortage
- 給水（きゅうすい） — water supply, supplied water, water refill
- 原水爆（げんすいばく） — atomic and hydrogen bombs, nuclear and thermonuclear bombs