Kanji
N1 11 strokes Grade 8 freq #1436

thin, faint, pale, fleeting

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)

fresh water (i.e. not salt water)
light and shade; shade (of colour, color)
cool; indifferent
freshwater fish
pink; rose
light (flavor, color, etc.); simple

Kun'yomi words (訓読み)

uninterested; unconcerned
light; faint

Example sentences

Such fishes as carp and trout live in fresh water.

The water in lakes and rivers is usually fresh.

He is clever, no doubt, but he is cold, too.

It is said that Japanese people are kind to people they know, but rather cold to those they don't.