水割

Chinese

water; river cut off
trad. (水割) 水 割
simp. #(水割) 水 割

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 水割り (mizuwari).

Pronunciation

Noun

水割

  1. a glass of liquor, typically whisky, mixed with a large amount of water

Japanese

Kanji in this term
水 割
みず
Grade: 1 		わ(り)
Grade: 6
kun'yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 水割 – see the following entry.
【水割みずわり】
[noun] dilution of whiskey, shochu or other spirits; the watered-down drink
[noun] dilution of quality or content
(This term, 水割, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)
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