Word Meaning

i

井 is read as い (i) and means well.

Meaning

English

  1. well

Reading

Kana

Romaji

i

Stroke Sequence

1 Characters • 4 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Grade 4 Kanken 7級 Rank 12369 Priority B

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

井戸

いど

water well

井戸水

いどみず

well water

井戸端会議

いどばたかいぎ

content-free chat

井戸掘り

いどほり

well digging

井筒

いづつ

family crest design based on a square wooden well curb

井水

せいすい

well water

井戸側

いどがわ

well curb

井守

いもり

newt (esp. the Japanese fire belly newt, Cynops pyrrhogaster)

井戸車

いどぐるま

well pulley

井戸屋形

いどやかた

well roof

天井

てんじょう

ceiling

市井

しせい

the street

Example Sentences

10

いどのすいはせいけつだ。

The water from the well is clean.

いどのまわりにひとびとがあつまる。

People gather around the well.

いどはまちのちゅうしんにある。

The well is located in the center of the town.

いどのかたちをしたかざりもの。

A decoration shaped like a well.

このまちにはいどがいくつかある。

There are several wells in this town.

いどのまわりはむらびとたちのあつまりばだった。

Around the well was a gathering place for the villagers.

いどのうえにきわくがくまれている。

There is a wooden frame over the well.

いどばたかいぎがおこなわれる。

A meeting is held at the edge of the well.

いどのすいがひあがってしまった。

The water in the well has dried up.

Person ignorant of the real world.