波

Shipstern Bluff
Originally uploaded by Samuel Shelley

Wave

• val ; valovi
  

波（なみ）
nami

波


The water radical (the three dots) + 皮 (skin) = 波

cf. The さんずい radical, the water group:
洗 wash
汁 juice, sap
海 sea, ocean
液 liquid

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Radical: 水
Stroke Count: 8
音： ハ
訓： なみ
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雨

rain drops
Originally uploaded by Isis.


Somewhere Over the Rainbow
Originally uploaded by Slavina Bahchevanova
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Rain

• kiša

雨　（あめ） - rain
ame

雨（あま）宿（やど）り　- hide/shelter from the rain
amayadori

雨（ウ）天（テン） - rainy weather
uten

• 一　= sky, somewhere high above (See 天）
• 巾　= clouds
• 、、 = raindrops - kapi kiše

Another way to remember this kanji is, imagine something falling down from the sky as shown below.



See 雲、雪、電
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Radical : 雨
Stroke Count: 8
音：ウ
訓：あめ・あま
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州

Moss & Motion
Originally uploaded by nailbender.

Cay, continent, county, province, state

• cay - prud, otočić
• continent - kontinent
• county - okrug, pokrajina
  
• province - provincija, pokrajina
  
• state - država

州（しゅう）- province, state
shuu

州（す）- cay, holm, sandbar, sandbank
su

ミシガン州（しゅう） - The state of Michigan
mishigan-shuu

三（さん）角（かく）州（す）- delta
sankakusu

州（洲）

See 川

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Radical:　川
Stroke Count: 6
音：シュウ
訓：す
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The water radical

Originally uploaded by glenn..

水 / 川　makes the さんずい radical (the three little lines) , which is used with a kanji that relates to water.


湖 lake - jezero
海 sea, ocean - more, ocean
泳 swim - plivati
泡 bubble - mjehur
洗 wash - prati, oprati
汁 juice, soup, sap - sok, juha
液 liquid, fluid - tekućina
etc.

川

River Llugwy
Originally uploaded by Stu Worrall.

River

• rijeka

川（かわ）
kawa

川

- Rijeka je brza.
- sono kawa wa [nagare ga] hayai desu.
- その川は[流れが]速いです。
- The river is swift.

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Radical: 川
Stroke Count: 3
音：セン
訓：かわ
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水

water splash
Originally uploaded by Andwar.


Autumn Flood
Originally uploaded by Ed Karjala.

Water

• voda
  

水（みず）
mizu

水（スイ）曜日（ヨウビ） - Wednesday
suiyoubi

水（スイ）泳（エイ） - swimming
suiei

水


This kanji originally looked like this:



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Radical: 水
Stroke Count: 4
音：スイ
訓：みず
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