What is the Kanji for "Liquid"?

If you are wondering what is the Japanese Kanji for "Liquid", you've come to the right place!

The Japanese Kanji for "Liquid" is "液".

This kanji has 1 reading:

Its onyomi reading is "Eki".

kunyomi readings are based on the pronunciation of native Japanese words, and onyomi readings are based on the Chinese pronunciation of the character.

If you visually breakdown this kanji, you can see is made up of 2 parts:

The radical "氵" means "Water" . And The kanji "夜" means "Night" and can be read as "Yo", "Ya", and "Yoru".

Now, let's make sure you understand this kanji the other way around too.

What does the kanji "液" mean in japanese?

"液" means "Liquid".

Japanese School Students learn this kanji in Fifth Grade, while foreigners may learn this kanji in preparation for the JLPT N2 exam.

Here are some words that use this kanji:

血液: "Blood". The Japanese noun '血液 (けつえき)' refers to the fluid circulating through the body's vascular system that carries oxygen, nutrients, and waste products to and from the cells. It is a vital component of the human body. For example: My blood type is A - (私の血液型はAです). The doctor took a sample of my blood - (医者が私の血液を採取しました).

液体: "Liquid". The Japanese noun '液体 (えきたい)' refers to a substance in a liquid state. This includes various fluids such as water, oil, alcohol, etc. It is the opposite of a solid or gaseous state. Liquids have no fixed shape but take the shape of the container they are in. Examples: Water is a liquid - (水は液体です). The liquid spilled on the table - (テーブルに液体がこぼれた).

液: "Liquid". The noun '液 (えき)' means 'liquid'. This refers to a non-solid, non-gaseous state of matter that conforms to the shape of its container. Liquids can be naturally occurring like water, or man-made like oils and chemicals. For example: This bottle contains a clear liquid - (このびんには透明な液が入っている). The liquid splashed onto the floor - (その液が床にこぼれた).

To make really sure you learn this Kanji, I've prepared an interactive lesson for you. You are going to learn the readings and meanings of this kanji.

But first, you need to know a little bit about Hiragana and Katakana.

Hiragana and katakana are japanese syllabaries, this means that each character represents a syllable.

This are the characters you need to know for this lesson:

The hiragana "え" is read as "e". And The hiragana "き" is read as "ki".

Heres a quick tutorial on how to use it. You'll be asked three type of questions: meaning, reading, and writing.

For meanings questions all you have to do is type the english meaning. If there is more than one meaning, you have to include them all in your answer separating them by commas (,).

For Reading questions you have to type the reading in romaji (roman letters, our normal alphabet) and it'll be automatically converted to hiragana if necessary. If there is more than one reading, you have to include them all in your answer separating them by commas (,).

For Writing questions some options will appear and all you have to do is select the correct ones.