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 12606 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

井目

せいもく

nine-stone handicap (with black stones placed on the star points)

井水

せいすい

well water

井々

せいせい

well-ordered

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

Example Sentences

9

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.