液 – fluid, liquid, juice

11 strokesTaught in grade 5#1210 in newspaper frequencyN3 vocabulary

The kanji 液 means fluid, liquid, juice, sap, secretion. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is エキ (eki). It is written with 11 strokes, under radical 水 (no. 85).

Stroke order

Stroke order from KanjiVG. Practise others with the stroke order lookup.

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	エキ	eki

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 水 (Kangxi radical 85). Components: 化・汁・亠・攵・夕・乞.

Words using 液

血液けつえきblood液体えきたいliquid液えきliquid溶液ようえきsolution (liquid)

Example sentences

血液は体内を循環する。

Blood circulates through the body.

Tatoeba #175696

水と石油は共に液体である。

Water and oil are both liquids.

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その液はいやな臭いを発した。

The liquor gave off a sickly odor.

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Kanji with the same radical

決法治派済活海求水減演流沢消準渡

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