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液

Fluid
Stroke count: 11

Readings

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Meanings

  1. fluidRtK
  2. juice
  3. liquid
    また、液体として墨汁も多用される。Moreover, Bokuju is also widely used as liquid sumi.wiki
    これをしぼって得られる液体が豆乳である。The liquid obtained by squeezing the boiled soybeans is called soy milk.wiki
  4. sap
  5. secretion

Homonyms

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Popular Usage

液体血液

Radicals and components

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Mnemonic (RtK)

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water (水) · water droplets (氵) · water pistol (氵) · night · top hat (亠) · person (人) · walking legs (儿) · drop (丶)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1116

Compound words

彼は血液を与えることによって死にかかった子供を救った。
He saved the dying child by giving his blood.tatoeba
粘液便がでます。
I have mucous in my stool.tatoeba
乳首から分泌液が出ます。
I have a discharge from my nipple.tatoeba
日本の多くの河川は工場の廃液で汚染されている。
Many rivers in Japan are polluted by waste water from factories.tatoeba

Real voices: how native speakers say it

These sentences were read aloud by real people — native Japanese speakers — for the open Mozilla Common Voice project. Listen to how a phrase sounds in real speech: the intonation, the pace, the way words run together. Two speakers mean two different people read it — compare them.

血液の代わりにクリームが流れているに違いない
けつえきのかわりにくりーむがながれているにちがいないCream must be flowing instead of blood.
血液型で性格判断するのって、科学的な根拠はないんだよね?
けつえきがたでせいかくはんだんするのって、かがくてきなこんきょはないんだよね?There's no scientific basis for determining personality by blood type, right?
重曹を入れた液にじゅうぶんに浸すことが肝要。
じゅうそうをいれたえきにじゅうぶんにひたすことがかんよう。The key is to soak it sufficiently in a liquid with baking soda.

Recordings and sentences: Mozilla Common Voice, CC0

Stroke Order

11 strokes

Liquid. 氵 (water) + 夜 — something that flows. 血液 — blood.

Practice Writing

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