Word Meaning 山水

さんすい sansui

山水 is read as さんすい (sansui) and means garden which contains an artificial hill and a pond.

Meaning

English

  1. garden which contains an artificial hill and a pond
  2. landscape picture
  3. mountain and water
  4. landscape (containing hills and rivers)
  5. mountain stream
  6. water that flows down from a mountain

Reading

Kana

さんすい

Romaji

sansui

Writing Variants

  • 山水 やまみず yamamizu

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 7 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N5 Jōyō Grade 1 Kanken 10級 Rank 8434 Priority B

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

山容水態

さんようすいたい

scenic beauty of mountains and streams

水墨山水

すいぼくさんすい

landscape painting in black India ink

分水山脈

ぶんすいさんみゃく

watershed

やま

festival float (esp. one mounted with a decorative halberd)

山川

さんせん

mountains and rivers

山車

だし

parade float

山人

さんじん

mountain wizard

山間

さんかん

among the mountains

山々

やまやま

(many) mountains

山上

さんじょう

mountain top

山男

やまおとこ

giant

山国

やまぐに

mountainous country