漢字Kanji · in Nature & Elements
液: fluid, liquid
Also: juice, sap, secretion
JLPT N211 strokesGrade 5Your ink: 白 Not met
氵 carries the meaning · 夜 gives the sound
11 strokes
Small seal · Qin Today
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One reading, and the words that use it
エキeki · on'yomi · in compounds
- 液えきliquid, fluid
- 液体えきたいliquid, fluid
- 液状えきじょうliquid state
- 廃液はいえきliquid waste
- 血液けつえきblood
- 乳液にゅうえきlatex, milky lotion, milky liquid
- 唾液だえきsaliva, sputum
- 消毒液しょうどくえきantiseptic solution
- 液化するえきかするliquidize [v.i., v.t.]
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成り立ち
Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Imagine three raindrops falling—that's sanzui! Whenever you see these three dots on the left side of a kanji, think of water, liquids, or anything that flows.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
Also read エキ
6 kanji share this on'yomiIn ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · yè
Same form: 液 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).
- Simplified
- 液 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 液 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin yè most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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