Meaning

Primary

Well

Word Type

noun

Explanation

A well door is just a well. It's the door that goes into the well hole, making it a well.

Reading

いど
  • Kyoko
    (Tokyo accent, female)
  • Kenichi
    (Tokyo accent, male)

Explanation

This kanji uses the kun'yomi readings for each kanji, for some reason. You learned the kun'yomi reading for both of these kanji as their primary readings already, just watch out for getting rendaku'd so it becomes instead of .

Context

Context Sentences

よく冷えた井戸水を飲むと、冷たいアイスクリームを食べた時のように頭がキーンと痛みました。

When I drank cold water from the well, I got brain freeze like when I ate cold ice cream.

Kanji Composition