Water & rivers
Tap an example word to hear it pronounced.
On'yomi & Kun'yomi
On'yomi (音読み) is the reading borrowed from Chinese, usually used in compound words, e.g. 三月 (さんがつ, March).
Kun'yomi (訓読み) is the native Japanese reading, used when the kanji stands alone or takes kana endings, e.g. 三つ (みっつ, three items).
By convention the readings list writes on'yomi in katakana (シュ) and kun'yomi in hiragana (さけ). Example words show furigana in hiragana, so the same on'yomi can look like シュ in the list but しゅ in a word.
What the component colors mean
Blue - the main radical the kanji is filed under in dictionaries.
Green - a component that hints at the meaning.
Orange - a component that hints at the reading (sound).
Grey - another building block, with no clear meaning or sound role.
all over the country
waves on the shore
sea breeze
whirlpool, spiral
in the midst (of turmoil)
tidal whirlpool
one’s whole life
horizon; far away
one's circumstances
craving, thirst for
drying up, exhaustion
to be thirsty
ravine, gorge
mountain stream
snowy gorge
Yangtze River
Edo (old Tokyo)
inlet, cove
flood
diluvial stratum
vast, immense
drainage ditch
ocean trench
roadside gutter
Practice
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