Kanji
N1 19 strokes Grade 8 freq #1152

rapids, current, torrent, shallows, shoal

On'yomi (音読み)

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

Radical (部首)

water mizu

Others with this radical

On'yomi compounds (音読み)

shallows; shoal
strait; channel
brink; verge
shallow river; shallows
swift current; rapids
shoal; shallows
rapids; shallows of a river
earthenware; porcelain

Kun'yomi words (訓読み)

the year end; end of the year
sounding out; measuring the depths (of a river)
one's position; one's face

Example sentences

He was at the gate of death.

It's a do-or-die situation.

A child on your back may guide you across a ford.