井 well

Meaning	well; well crib; town; community
On	セイ、ショウ
Kun	い
Strokes	4
First met	N3 lesson 50, in 井戸水

Stroke order

Words

Word	Reading	Meaning	Level
井戸水	いどみず	well water	N3
井戸枠	いどわく	wooden well curb, wellhead	N1

Examples

慎二(しんじ)、朝(あさ)一(いち)番(ばん)の出汁(だし)引(ひ)きに使(つか)う井戸水(いどみず)の水温(すいおん)と比重(ひじゅう)は測(はか)ったか？今朝(けさ)の京都(きょうと)盆地(ぼんち)は冷(ひ)え込(こ)んでいる。井戸(いど)枠(わく)から汲(く)み上(あ)げたばかりの地下(ちか)水(すい)のコンディションを確(たし)かめねばならんぞ。

Shinji, have you measured the temperature and specific gravity of the well water for the first dashi of the morning? The Kyoto basin is cold this morning. We must check the condition of groundwater freshly drawn up from the well curb. (N1 lesson 153)