Kanji Radicals #1: Water 氵 (sanzui) | Guess 10 Kanji from One Radical

See these three dots on the left of a kanji? They mean water. Learn this one radical and you can guess the meaning of kanji you've never studied. In this lesson, you'll learn: ・What a radical is, and why it makes kanji easier ・The water kanji 水 and its short form 氵 (sanzui) ・How to break down 海 (sea), 泳 (swim), 池 (pond), and 洗 (wash) ・Two more forms: 泉 (spring) and 氷 (ice) ・Stroke order for 氵 and 水 ・Onyomi and kunyomi, with example words ・A quick quiz: 湯, 汗, 涙 Chapters 0:00 Intro 0:18 What is a radical? 0:38 The water kanji 0:54 The sanzui form 1:15 Reading kanji from their parts 2:01 Where it appears 2:26 How to write it 3:02 How to read it 4:00 Quiz 4:30 Recap Words in this video 水 mizu / sui: water (水曜日 suiyoubi: Wednesday) 海 umi / kai: sea (海外 kaigai: overseas) 泳ぐ oyogu / ei: to swim (水泳 suiei: swimming) 池 ike / chi: pond (電池 denchi: battery) 洗う arau / sen: to wash (洗濯 sentaku: laundry) 湯 yu: hot water　汗 ase: sweat　涙 namida: tears Next in the series: the tree radical 木. I also visit places around Japan and teach the Japanese you'll hear there. Check out the Japan travel videos on this channel too. Kanji stroke data: KanjiVG by Ulrich Apel, CC BY-SA 3.0 (https://kanjivg.tagaini.net/) Narration voice is AI-generated. #kanji #learnjapanese #japanese