Keyword
a well
Info
FrequencyTop 800-900
Type
Kyōiku (4th grade) 
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KankenLevel 7
Heisig1946
Readings
(35%)
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)
be concerned about
surround
lecture
subscribe
Used in vocabulary (131 in total)
ceiling; ceiling price; (price) ceiling
well
water well
the street; the town
Fukui (city, prefecture)
content-free chat; idle gossip
skyrocketing (prices)
Fukui prefecture (Hokuriku area)
old unused well
round well
person who is ignorant of the real world; (lit.) frog in a well
blue sky; skyrocketing (of prices); having no limit; the sky being the limit
well curb; well kerb; family crest design based on a square wooden well curb
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)
gallery (in a theatre); upper gallery; cheap seats; nosebleed section; the gods
gravity well (e.g. of a planet)
the frog in the well knows nothing of the great ocean
well bottom; narrow place
the frog in the well knows nothing of the great ocean
dam; weir; barrier; sluice
Fukui Station (Fukui)
frog in a well; (fig.) someone with a narrow perspective
(water) well
artesian well; tapped well
well curb of a round well
Chinese "Well" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
well cleaning
well curb; Chinese "Well" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
urban villain; street hoodlum
Hirai Station (Tokyo)
artesian well; tapped well
orderly; regular; systematic; well-organized; well-organised; trim
well drilling
well-ordered; in good order; orderly
skyrocketing (prices)
pool for soaking seed rice before planting
Arai Station (Niigata)
In every game or play, differences in skill between individuals can be substantial
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 in a game of go
Pheropsophus jessoensis (species of bombardier beetle)
Pheropsophus jessoensis (species of bombardier beetle)
eternal well (i.e. one that never runs dry)
well drilling
well drilling
caecilian (any burrowing legless amphibian of the order Gymnophiona)
caecilian (any burrowing legless amphibian of the order Gymnophiona)
small water spring
small water spring
to have a narrow view of things; (lit.) to look at the ceiling through a reed
to have a narrow view of things; (lit.) to look at the ceiling through 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
Takaida Station (Higashiōsaka)
Kuroi Station (Niigata)
Ino Station (Gunma)
Niida Station (Kōchi)
Ishii Station (Hyōgo)
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.