Kanji
N1 5 strokes Grade 8

spread out, wide

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)

overflowing; flood
flood plain
flooding within the confines of a levee (i.e. caused by surface runoff, drainage failure, etc.)
flooding caused by overflowing of rivers (e.g. breaching levee banks)
flooding caused by overflowing of rivers (e.g. breaching levee banks)

Example sentences

In the city, the information is flooding.

The heavy rains caused the river to flood.