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See also: 𣱱, 氺, 氷, 永, and 氵
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水 U+6C34, 水
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6C34
← 氳
[U+6C33]
CJK Unified Ideographs 氵 →
[U+6C35]
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⽔ U+2F54, ⽔
KANGXI RADICAL WATER
← ⽓
[U+2F53]
Kangxi Radicals ⽕ →
[U+2F55]
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Translingual

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Stroke order
4 strokes
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Alternative forms

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  • 氵 (when used as a left radical)
  • 氺 (when used in characters such as 泰)

Han character

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水 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+0, 4 strokes, Cangjie input 水 (E), four-corner 12230, composition ⿰𰛄⿺㇏丿(GJKV) or ⿰㇇𰛅(GJKV) or ⿰𰛄⿱丿㇏(HT))

  1. Kangxi radical #85, ⽔.

Derived characters

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References

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  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 603, character 1
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17083
  • Dae Jaweon: page 992, character 9
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1545, character 1
  • Unihan data for U+6C34

Further reading

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Central Bai

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Noun

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水 (xuix)

  1. hanzi form of xuix
    • 1450, Yang Fu (楊黼), 《詞記山花——咏蒼洱境》:
      煴煊茶水㱔呼𪢂
      Boiling tea water, greeting each other.

Chinese

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simp. and trad.
水
alternative forms 𡿭
𣸕

Glyph origin

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Historical forms of the character 水
Shang Western Zhou Warring States Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming) Kangxi Dictionary (compiled in Qing)
Oracle bone script Bronze inscriptions Bronze inscriptions Chu slip and silk script Qin slip script Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts Ming typeface
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Pictogram (象形) of water flowing; sometimes written as the variant 氺 (e.g., 泰, 录, and 黎). Next to a character, it is compressed and stylized into 氵 (which is unrelated to 冫).

Compare 川 (OC *kʰjon) and its variant 巛. Compare also 永 and its cognate 𠂢. See also the bottom part of 原 in its original version (厡).

Etymology 1

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Pronunciation

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Note:
  • cūi - literary (common);
  • cṳ̄ - vernacular (only used in some words as the first syllable).
Note:
  • zui3 - vernacular;
  • sui3 - literary.
Note:
  • chúi - vernacular;
  • súi - literary.
Note:
  • zui2 - vernacular;
  • sui2 - literary.
Note: Due to the unintuitive nature of the rime and the relative lack of usage of the term, 水 has several nonstandard literary pronunciations, such as /sue/, /sø/, or /sei/. These are mostly used by younger speakers.
Note:
  • xy3 - vernacular;
  • sui3 - literary.

    • Dialectal data
    Variety Location 水
    Mandarin Beijing /ʂuei²¹⁴/
    Harbin /ʂuei²¹³/
    /suei²¹³/
    Tianjin /suei¹³/
    Jinan /ʂuei⁵⁵/
    Qingdao /ʂue⁵⁵/
    Zhengzhou /ʂuei⁵³/
    Xi'an /fei⁵³/
    Xining /fɨ⁵³/
    Yinchuan /ʂuei⁵³/
    Lanzhou /fei⁴⁴²/
    Ürümqi /ʂuei⁵¹/
    /fei⁵¹/
    Wuhan /suei⁴²/
    Chengdu /suei⁵³/
    Guiyang /suei⁴²/
    Kunming /ʂuei⁵³/
    Nanjing /ʂuəi²¹²/
    Hefei /ʂue²⁴/
    Jin Taiyuan /suei⁵³/
    Pingyao /suei⁵³/
    Hohhot /suei⁵³/
    Wu Shanghai /sz̩³⁵/
    Suzhou /sz̩ʷ⁵¹/
    Hangzhou /sz̩ʷei⁵³/
    Wenzhou /sz̩³⁵/
    Hui Shexian /ɕye³⁵/
    /ɕy³⁵/
    Tunxi /ɕy³¹/
    Xiang Changsha /ɕyei⁴¹/
    Xiangtan /ɕyəi⁴²/
    Gan Nanchang /sui²¹³/
    Hakka Meixian /sui³¹/
    Taoyuan /ʃui³¹/
    Cantonese Guangzhou /søy³⁵/
    Nanning /sui³⁵/
    Hong Kong /søy³⁵/
    Min Xiamen (Hokkien) /sui⁵³/
    /t͡sui⁵³/
    Fuzhou (Eastern Min) /t͡suoi³²/
    Jian'ou (Northern Min) /sy²¹/
    Shantou (Teochew) /t͡sui⁵³/
    Haikou (Hainanese) /sui³¹/
    /tui²¹³/

    Rime
    Character 水
    Reading # 1/1
    Initial (聲) 書 (26)
    Final (韻) 脂 (18)
    Tone (調) Rising (X)
    Openness (開合) Closed
    Division (等) III
    Fanqie 式軌切
    Baxter sywijX
    Reconstructions
    Zhengzhang
    Shangfang
    /ɕˠiuɪX/
    Pan
    Wuyun
    /ɕʷᵚiX/
    Shao
    Rongfen
    /ɕiuɪX/
    Edwin
    Pulleyblank
    /ɕjwiX/
    Li
    Rong
    /ɕjuiX/
    Wang
    Li
    /ɕwiX/
    Bernhard
    Karlgren
    /ɕwiX/
    Expected
    Mandarin
    Reflex
    shuǐ
    Expected
    Cantonese
    Reflex
    seoi2
    Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
    Character 水
    Reading # 1/1
    Modern
    Beijing
    (Pinyin)
    shuǐ
    Middle
    Chinese
    ‹ sywijX ›
    Old
    Chinese
    /*s.turʔ/ (E dialect: *-r > *-j)
    English water; river

    Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

    * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
    * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
    * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
    * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

    * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
    Zhengzhang system (2003)
    Character 水
    Reading # 1/1
    No. 11948
    Phonetic
    component
    水
    Rime
    group
    脂
    Rime
    subdivision
    2
    Corresponding
    MC rime
    水
    Old
    Chinese
    /*qʰʷljilʔ/

    Definitions

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    水

    水

    1. water (Classifier: 瓶 m; 樽 c; 滴 m c; 池 m c; 盆 m c; 杯 m c)
      請給我一杯水,謝謝。 [MSC, trad.]
      请给我一杯水,谢谢。 [MSC, simp.]
      Qǐng gěi wǒ yī bēi shuǐ, xièxiè. [Pinyin]
      A glass of water, please.
      喝水  ―  hēshuǐ  ―  to drink water
      冰水  ―  bīngshuǐ  ―  iced water
      冷水  ―  lěngshuǐ  ―  cold water
      凍水/冻水 [Cantonese]  ―  dung3 seoi2 [Jyutping]  ―  cold water
      熱水/热水  ―  rèshuǐ  ―  hot water
      開水/开水  ―  kāishuǐ  ―  boiled water
      滾水/滚水 [Cantonese]  ―  gwan2 seoi2 [Jyutping]  ―  boiled water
      水族館/水族馆  ―  shuǐzúguǎn  ―  aquarium
      水彩  ―  shuǐcǎi  ―  watercolour
      水溫/水温  ―  shuǐwēn  ―  water temperature
      雨水  ―  yǔshuǐ  ―  rainwater
      海水  ―  hǎishuǐ  ―  seawater
      飲用水/饮用水  ―  yǐnyòngshuǐ  ―  drinking water
      礦泉水/矿泉水  ―  kuàngquánshuǐ  ―  mineral water
      蒸餾水/蒸馏水  ―  zhēngliúshuǐ  ―  distilled water
      水閘/水闸  ―  shuǐzhá  ―  sluice
      水力發電/水力发电  ―  shuǐlìfādiàn  ―  hydroelectricity
      碳水化合物  ―  tànshuǐhuàhéwù  ―  carbohydrate
      脫水/脱水  ―  tuōshuǐ  ―  to dehydrate; dehydration
      水中毒  ―  shuǐzhòngdú  ―  water intoxication; water poisoning
      雙氧水/双氧水  ―  shuāngyǎngshuǐ  ―  hydrogen peroxide (literally, “water with two oxygen (atoms)”)
    2. liquid; potion; juice
      口水  ―  kǒushuǐ  ―  saliva
      汗水  ―  hànshuǐ  ―  sweat
      羊水  ―  yángshuǐ  ―  amniotic fluid
      香水  ―  xiāngshuǐ  ―  perfume
      眼藥水/眼药水  ―  yǎnyàoshuǐ  ―  eyedrop
      1. (specifically) molten metal
        鐵水/铁水  ―  tiěshuǐ  ―  liquid iron
    3. (colloquial, chiefly Singapore, Malaysia) synonym of 飲料 / 饮料 (yǐnliào, “beverage”)
      要叫什麼水?/要叫什么水?  ―  Yào jiào shénme shuǐ?  ―  What beverage do you want to order?
      欲叫什物水? [Hokkien, trad. and simp.]
      Beh kiò sím-mi̍h chúi? [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
      What beverage do you want to order?
    4. (archaic, poetic) river
      河水  ―  Héshuǐ  ―  Yellow River
      淮水  ―  Huáishuǐ  ―  Huai River
      濟水/济水  ―  Jìshuǐ  ―  Ji River
      江水  ―  Jiāngshuǐ  ―  Yangtze River
      漢水/汉水  ―  Hànshuǐ  ―  Han River
      水經注/水经注  ―  Shuǐ Jīng Zhù  ―  The Commentary on the Water Classic
      弱水三千  ―  ruòshuǐsānqiān  ―  vast, uncrossable river
    5. body of water
      水路  ―  shuǐlù  ―  waterway
      三面環水/三面环水  ―  sān miàn huán shuǐ  ―  to be surrounded by (bodies of) water on three sides
    6. flood
      發水/发水  ―  fāshuǐ  ―  to flood
    7. water, one of the five elements of Wu Xing (五行 (-))
      1. (Classical) short for 水曜日 (shuǐyàorì): Wednesday
    8. additional cost or income
    9. (dialectal) rain
    10. (Cantonese) money (Classifier: 嚿 c)
      磅水 [Cantonese]  ―  bong6 seoi2 [Jyutping]  ―  to pay
      掠水 [Cantonese]  ―  loek6-1 seoi2 [Jyutping]  ―  to obtain money dishonestly
      三嚿水 [Cantonese]  ―  saam1 gau6 seoi2 [Jyutping]  ―  three hundred dollars
    11. (Cantonese) source of revenue (Classifier: 條/条 c)
    12. (Cantonese) to fool; to deceive; to misguide
    13. (Cantonese, figurative) wave (event); rush
      水尾  ―  shuǐ wěi  ―  the end of a wave
    14. to swim
      水性  ―  shuǐxìng  ―  swimming ability
    15. (colloquial) lacking substance or power; worthless
      這裡的大學太水了。 [MSC, trad.]
      这里的大学太水了。 [MSC, simp.]
      Zhèlǐ de dàxué tài shuǐ le. [Pinyin]
      The universities here are too weak.
    16. (colloquial) to produce low effort content
      水貼/水贴  ―  shuǐ tiē  ―  to shitpost
      水視頻/水视频  ―  shuǐ shì pín  ―  to upload a low effort video
      水了一篇論文/水了一篇论文  ―  shuǐ le yī piān lùn wén  ―  to write a low effort paper
    17. short for 划水 (huáshuǐ, “to shirk; to slack off”)
    18. (colloquial) Classifier for the number of times clothing was washed.
    19. Sui people
      水書/水书  ―  shuǐshū  ―  Shuishu (the traditional writing system of the Sui people)
    20. a surname
    Synonyms
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    Antonyms
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    • (antonym(s) of “body of water”): 陸 / 陆

    Compounds

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    Descendants

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    Sino-Xenic (水):
    • → Japanese: 水(すい) (sui)
    • → Korean: 수(水) (su)
    • → Vietnamese: thuỷ (水)

    Others:

    Etymology 2

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    For pronunciation and definitions of 水 – see 媠 (“(Southern Min) good-looking; pretty; beautiful”).
    (This character is a variant form of 媠).

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    Japanese

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    Kanji

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    水

    (First grade kyōiku kanji)

    Readings

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    Etymology 1

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    Japanese Wikipedia has an article on:
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    Wikipedia
    Kanji in this term
    水
    みず
    Grade: 1
    kun'yomi

    ⟨mi1du⟩ → */mʲidu/ → /mid͡zu/ → /mizu/

    From Old Japanese. First attested in the Kojiki of 712 CE.[1] In turn, from Proto-Japonic *mentu. Ryukyuan cognates support the existence of the first vowel having an initial mid vowel.

    Possibly cognate with 瑞 (mizu, “freshness, youth”).

    Pronunciation

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    Noun

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    水(みず) • (mizu) ←みづ (midu)?

    1. water (sometimes cold and/or fresh)
      Synonyms: ウオーター (uōtā), ウォーター (wōtā), (Tsugaru) がっこ (gakko)
      Antonym: 湯 (yu, specifically meaning "hot water")
      • 905–914, Kokin Wakashū
        袖(そで)ひちてむすびし水(みづ)のこほれるを春(はる)立(た)つけふの風(かぜ)やとくらむ
        sode hichite musubi shi mizu no kohore ru o haru tatsu kefu no kaze ya toku ramu
        During the coming spring, would the wind melt the water that I scooped out?
    2. drinking water
      Synonyms: 飲水 (insui, nomimizu), 飲用水 (in'yōsui), 飲料水 (inryōsui)
    3. a fluid, liquid
      Synonym: 液体 (ekitai)
    4. a flood
      Synonyms: 大水 (ōmizu), 洪水 (kōzui), 出水 (shussui)
    5. (sumo) short for 水入り (mizuiri): halting
    6. (sumo) short for 力水 (chikara mizu): water offered to sumo wrestlers before a bout

    Usage notes

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    • Note that, while mizu is the most general Japanese term for “water”, it does refer specifically to “water that is not hot”. Meanwhile, the word 湯 (yu) refers specifically to “hot water”. Consider 水風呂 (mizu-buro, “cold-water bath”), contrasting with 風呂 (furo, “bath”, implying hot water).
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    Proverbs

    Prefix

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    水(みず) • (mizu-) ←みづ (midu-)?

    1. water
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    Proper noun

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    水(みず) • (Mizu) ←みづ (Midu)?

    1. a female given name
    2. a surname

    Etymology 2

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    Kanji in this term
    水
    み
    Grade: 1
    kun'yomi

    ⟨mi1⟩ → */mʲi/ → /mi/

    From Old Japanese.

    Typically found in compounds.[1]

    Affix

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    水(み) • (mi) 

    1. combining form of みず (“water”) above
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    Etymology 3

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    Kanji in this term
    水
    すい
    Grade: 1
    on'yomi

    /ɕuwi/ → */suwi/ → /sui/

    From Middle Chinese 水 (MC sywijX).

    Compare modern Mandarin 水 (shuǐ), modern Hakka 水 (súi).

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    水(すい) • (sui) 

    1. water: one of the five classical elements in traditional Chinese philosophy and medicine
    2. short for 水曜日 (suiyōbi): Wednesday
    3. shaved ice served with flavored syrup
      Synonym: 氷水 (kōrimizu)

    Affix

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    水(すい) • (sui) 

    1. water
    2. body of water
    3. fluid, liquid
    4. short for 水素 (suiso): hydrogen
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    水(すい) • (Sui) 

    1. a female given name

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      Kanji in this term
      水
      もい
      Grade: 1
      kun'yomi

      ⟨mopi1⟩ → */mopʲi/ → /moɸi/ → /mowi/ → /moi/

      From Old Japanese. Via metonymy from the word 椀, 盌 (moi, “bowl”), from the meaning of “that which goes in the 椀, 盌 (moi, “bowl”)”.[1][2] Compare the development of modern English cuppa, where the word for the container is similarly used to refer to the contents.

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      Noun

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      水(もい) • (moi) ←もひ (mofi)?

      1. (obsolete) drinking water
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      See also

      References

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      1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 “水”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎[1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
      2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

      Korean

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      Etymology

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      From Middle Chinese 水 (MC sywijX).

      Historical readings
      Dongguk Jeongun reading
      Dongguk Jeongun, 1448 ᄉᆔᆼ〯 (Yale: syǔy)
      Middle Korean
      Text Eumhun
      Gloss (hun) Reading
      Hunmong Jahoe, 1527[4] 믈〮 (Yale: múl) 슈〮 (Yale: syú)

      Pronunciation

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      Hanja

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      Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

      水 (eumhun 물 수 (mul su))

      1. hanja form? of 수 (“water”) [affix]
      2. hanja form? of 수 (“short for 수요일(水曜日) (suyoil, “Wednesday”)”)

      Compounds

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      References

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      • 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전/電子字典. [5]

      Lama Bai

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      Noun

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      水 (ɕy³³)

      1. hanzi form of ɕy³³ (water)

      Miyako

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      Kanji

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      水

      (First grade kyōiku kanji)

      Etymology

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      From Proto-Ryukyuan *medu. This form preserves the initial pJ *e that was raised to i in Central Japanese.

      Pronunciation

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      Noun

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      水(みず) (midzu) 

      1. water

      References

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      • “ミズ” in Okinawa Center of Language Study, Miyako Dialect Dictionary.

      “みず” in Celik Kenan Thibault, Online Miyako Dictionary, 2016.

      Northern Amami Ōshima

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      Kanji

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      水

      (First grade kyōiku kanji)

      Etymology

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      From Proto-Ryukyuan *medu. This form preserves the initial pJ *e that was raised to i in Central Japanese.

      Noun

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      水(むぃずぃ) (mïzï) 

      1. water
      2. amniotic fluid

      Okinawan

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      Kanji

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      水

      (First grade kyōiku kanji)

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      Etymology

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      From earlier 水 (midu → midzu → mizu), attested in 1711 in the 混効験集 (Konkōkenshū), itself from Proto-Ryukyuan *medu.

      The word underwent a pronunciation change due to the shifting of /u/ to /i/ after alveolar consonants.

      Cognate with Japanese 水 (mizu), Old Japanese 水 (mi1du).

      Pronunciation

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      Noun

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      水(みじ) (miji) ←みずぃ (mizi)?

      1. water

      Derived terms

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      References

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      1. ^ Kokuritsu Kokugo Kenkyūjo (国立国語研究所) (1963), 沖縄語辞典 (Okinawa-go Jiten) [Dictionary of the Okinawan Language] (in Japanese), Tokyo (東京): Okurashō Insatsu Kyoku (財務省印刷局)
      • “みじ【水】” in JLect - Japonic Languages and Dialects Database Dictionary, 2019.

      Okinoerabu

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      Kanji

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      水

      (First grade kyōiku kanji)

      Etymology

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      From Proto-Ryukyuan *medu.

      Noun

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      水(みじ) (miji) 

      1. water

      References

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      • “みじ【水】” in JLect - Japonic Languages and Dialects Database Dictionary, 2019.

      Old Japanese

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      Etymology 1

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      From Proto-Japonic *mentu. Ryukyuan cognates support the existence of the first vowel having an initial mid vowel.

      Possibly cognate with 瑞 (mi₁du, “freshness, youth”). (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)

      Noun

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      水 (mi₁du) (kana みづ)

      1. water

      Derived terms

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      • 水碓 (mi₁du-usu, “a mortar to hull from a mill”)
      • 湖 (mi₁du-u₁mi₁, “a lake”)
      • 水江 (mi₁du-ye, “a water bay”)
      • 水掻 (mi₁du-kaki₁, “a stroke of water”)
      • 水陰 (mi₁du-kage₂, “water shade; shadow reflected in water”)
      • 水陰草 (mi₁du-kage₂-kusa, “grass growing in water shade”)
      • みづかふ (mi₁du-kapu, “to give a barn animal water”)
      • 水城 (mi₁du-ki₂, “a fortress to store water into a bank to protect against enemies”)
      • 水茎 (mi₁du-kuki₂, “fresh stalk hanging from a hill or mi₁du-ki₂”)
      • 水蓼 (mi₁du-tade, “knotweed growing from the shore”)
      • 水たまる (mi₁du-tamaru, allusion to 池 (ike₂, “pond”); possibly meaning "filled up with water")
      • 水伝ふ (mi₁du-tutapu, allusion to 磯 (iso₁, “rocky shore”); possibly meaning "water going through shores")
      • 水鳥 (mi₁du-to₂ri, “waterfowl, water bird”)
      • 水鳥の (mi₁du-to₂ri no₂, allusion to the nature or representation of 水鳥 (mi₁du-to₂ri))
      • 准 (mi₁du-bakari, “spirit level”)
      • 始水 (mi₁du-pana, “onset of water”)
      • 清水 (simi₁du, semi₁do₁ (EOJ variant))

      Etymology 2

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      Prefix

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      水 (mi₁) (kana み)

      1. water

      Quotations

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      For quotations using this term, see Citations:水.

      Southern Amami Ōshima

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      Kanji

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      水

      (First grade kyōiku kanji)

      Etymology

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      From Proto-Ryukyuan *medu.

      Noun

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      水(むぃっ) (mï') 

      1. water

      Southern Bai

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      Noun

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      水 (ɕy³³)

      1. hanzi form of ɕy³³ (water)

      Vietnamese

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      Han character

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      水: Hán Việt readings: thủy/thuỷ (式(thức)軌(quỹ)切(thiết))[1][2][3][4][5]
      水: Nôm readings: thủy/thuỷ[1][2][4][6], nước[2]

      1. chữ Hán form of thuỷ (“water”)
      2. (uncommon) chữ Nôm form of nước (“water”)

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      Yonaguni

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      Kanji

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      水

      (First grade kyōiku kanji)

      Etymology

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      From Proto-Ryukyuan *medu.

      Possibly also related to Korean 물 (mul), Middle Korean 밀 (mil, “water”).

      Pronunciation

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      • IPA(key): [míŋ] (tone class A)

      Noun

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      水(みん) or 水(みーん) (min or mīn) 

      1. water

      References

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      • “みん【水】” in JLect - Japonic Languages and Dialects Database Dictionary, 2019.
      • Nicolas Tranter, editor ((Can we date this quote?)), The Languages of Japan and Korea, Routledge, →ISBN, Yonaguni, page 415

      Yoron

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      Kanji

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      水

      (First grade kyōiku kanji)

      Etymology

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      From Proto-Ryukyuan *medu.

      Possibly also related to Korean 물 (mul), Middle Korean 밀 (mil, “water”).

      Pronunciation

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      • (Mugiya Higashi-ku) IPA(key): [mìdʑì] (tone class A)

      Noun

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      水(みじ) (miji) 

      1. water

      References

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      • “みじ【水】” in JLect - Japonic Languages and Dialects Database Dictionary, 2019.

      Zhuang

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      Noun

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      水

      1. Sawndip form of suij