Keyword
a well
Info
FrequencyTop 800-900
Type
Kyōiku (4th grade) 
?
KankenLevel 7
Heisig1946
Readings
い
(34%)
せい
(3%)
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)
surround
be concerned about
lecture
subscribe
Used in vocabulary (170 in total)
ceiling; ceiling (e.g. of share price); ceiling price
well
water well
the street; the town
Fukui Prefecture (Hokuriku area)
Fukui (city, prefecture)
content-free chat; idle gossip; watercooler talk
round well
Mitsui Sumitomo; Sumitomo Mitsui
skyrocketing (prices)
old unused well
Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation
person who is ignorant of the real world; (lit.) frog in a well
well curb; well kerb; family crest design based on a square wooden well curb
blue sky; skyrocketing (of prices); having no limit; the sky being the limit
decorative ceiling painting
(arch.) sky; cloud; distant place; high place; imperial court
arched ceiling; vaulted ceiling; domed ceiling; circular ceiling
well digging; well digger
well curb consisting of wooden beams crossed at the ends; pattern resembling the symbol #; parallel crosses; number sign; hash
arched ceiling; vaulted ceiling; domed ceiling; circular ceiling
Yoshino cherry (Prunus yedoensis)
a well equipped with a pulley for drawing water
wooden watchtower; battlefield watchtower
newt (esp. the Japanese fire belly newt, Cynops pyrrhogaster)
suspended ceiling
Matsui Securities (Japanese online securities firm)
Fukui Station (Fukui)
the frog in the well knows nothing of the great ocean
gravity well (e.g. of a planet)
river raised above the surrounding land
gallery (in a theatre); upper gallery; cheap seats; nosebleed section; the gods
(water) well; well water
Hirai Station (Tokyo)
well bottom; narrow place
well curb; Chinese "Well" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
the frog in the well knows nothing of the great ocean
person who is ignorant of the real world; (lit.) frog in a well
dam; weir; barrier; sluice
Fukui Prefectural Police (abbr)
frog in a well; (fig.) someone with a narrow perspective
Mitsui Mining And Smelting Company, Limited
artesian well; tapped well
well curb of a round well
salt well; brine well
Mitsui Trust And Banking Company, Limited
urban villain; street hoodlum
well cleaning
Chinese "Well" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
orderly; regular; systematic; well-organized; well-organised; trim
Arai Station (Niigata)
artesian well; tapped well
pool for soaking seed rice before planting
well drilling
Nissho Iwai Corporation
well-ordered; in good order; orderly
to have a narrow view of things; (lit.) to look at the ceiling through a reed
production well (esp. of geothermal power)
skyrocketing (prices)
in every game or play, differences in skill between individuals can be substantial
Ishii Station (Hyōgo)
Fukui Prefecture (Hokuriku area)
bamboo steamer; steaming basket; wooden frame holder with reed base used to steam food over a pot; soba served on a small wickerwork tray; wickerwork tray (for serving soba)
bamboo steamer; steaming basket; wooden frame holder with reed base used to steam food over a pot; soba served on a small wickerwork tray; wickerwork tray (for serving soba)
well rope
well-ordered; in good order; orderly
gallery (in a theatre); upper gallery; cheap seats; nosebleed section; the gods
artesian well; tapped well
the nine principal points (on a go board); star points; nine-stone handicap (with black stones placed on the star points)
Pheropsophus jessoensis (species of bombardier beetle)
Pheropsophus jessoensis (species of bombardier beetle)
eternal well (i.e. one that never runs dry)
caecilian (any burrowing legless amphibian of the order Gymnophiona)
caecilian (any burrowing legless amphibian of the order Gymnophiona)
well drilling
well drilling
small water spring
small water spring
salamander shark (Parmaturus pilosus)
to have a narrow view of things; (lit.) to peek at the ceiling through the pith of a reed
narrow perspective
Tarui accent, used in the Kinki region and parts of Hokuriku
head and shoulders (chartist pattern)
townspeople; the common people
a narrow-minded person cannot understand the ways of the world; (lit.) a frog in the well cannot understand the ocean even if it is explained to it
winze (mining); well (oil, gas)
well with good-tasting water
the flame that burns twice as bright burns half as long; (lit.) the well with sweet water will be the first to run dry
mountain well
mountain well
(natural) gas well
to fail to make timely preparations; (lit.) to not dig a well until one is thirsty
to fail to make timely preparations; (lit.) to not dig a well until one is thirsty
geothermal well
jing (hexagram 48 of the I Ching: the well)
Mitsui Marine and Fire Insurance Company, Limited
Takaida Station (Higashiōsaka)
Kuroi Station (Niigata)
Ino Station (Gunma)
Niida Station (Kōchi)
Japanese fire belly newt (Cynops pyrrhogaster)
rough-skinned newt (Taricha granulosa)
olm (Proteus anguinus)
Anderson's crocodile newt (Echinotriton andersoni); Anderson's newt; Ryukyu spiny newt; Japanese warty newt
Examples (51 in total)
There are windows on the floor, and doors on the ceiling.
He looked up at the ceiling.
She looked up at the ceiling.