井 – Kanji details

Keyword

a well

Info

Frequency	Top 800-900
Type	Kyōiku (4th grade) ?
Kanken	Level 7
Heisig	1946
Readings	じょう (60%) い (36%) せい (3%)
	いのしい

Mnemonic

A pictograph of a well.

It's not necessarily a water well; it can also be an oil well, or any other type of a well.

Used in kanji (11 in total)

be concerned about

surround

lecture

plow (the soil)

rice bowl

ditch

campfire

sunken trap

happening to meet

intimacy

Used in vocabulary (131 in total)

天てん井じょう

ceiling; ceiling price; (price) ceiling

井い

well

井い戸ど

water well

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Examples (51 in total)

床ゆかには窓まどが、天てん井じょうには扉とびらがある。

There are windows on the floor, and doors on the ceiling.

彼かれは天てん井じょうを見み上あげた。

He looked up at the ceiling.

彼かの女じょは天てん井じょうを見み上あげた。

She looked up at the ceiling.