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井

Well
Stroke count: 4

Readings

On readingセイ、ショウ
Kun readingい

Meanings

  1. wellRtK
  2. well crib
  3. town
  4. community

Popular Usage

井戸伊井

Radicals and components

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Compound words

井の中の蛙、大海を知らず。い
He who stays in the valley shall never get over the hill.tatoeba
彼は天井を青く塗った。
He painted the ceiling blue.tatoeba
彼は天井を見上げた。
He looked up at the ceiling.tatoeba
彼は天井に頭をぶつけた。
He bumped his head against the ceiling.tatoeba
彼は天井に手が届くほど背が高い。
He is such a tall man that he can touch the ceiling.tatoeba
高麗高木井戸茶碗
Goryeo Ido tea bowlwiki
井戸茶碗 銘・喜左衛門
Ido Tea Bowl Inscribed Kizaemonwiki

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.

天井のエアコンから吹き出る風が僕の後頭部にあたって、
てんじょうのえあこんからふきでるかぜがぼくのこうとうぶにあたって、The air from the ceiling's air conditioner hit the back of my head,
天井に達する。
てんじょうにたっする。It reaches the ceiling.
私の出身は福井県の田舎です
わたしのしゅっしんはふくいけんのいなかですI'm from the countryside of Fukui Prefecture.

Recordings and sentences: Mozilla Common Voice, CC0

Stroke Order

4 strokes

Well. The wooden frame of a well seen from above.

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 井

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