also: やまみず
mountain and water; natural landscape with hills and rivers
Refers to the natural scenery of mountains and water, often in poetic or artistic contexts.
This region is known for its beautiful mountain and water scenery.
landscape painting; landscape picture
Only with reading さんすい
Abbreviation of 山水画 (さんすいが). Used in art contexts to refer to traditional East Asian landscape paintings.
See also: 山水画
He is a painter who specializes in landscape pictures.
mountain stream; water flowing from a mountain
Refers to a stream or water coming down from a mountain. The reading やまみず is rare and mostly literary.
I can hear the sound of a mountain stream babbling.
garden with artificial hill and pond
Only with reading さんすい
A traditional Japanese garden style featuring a man-made hill and pond, often designed to evoke natural landscapes.
See also: 築山
This garden is designed to imitate a natural landscape with hills and water.
dry landscape garden; Japanese rock garden; kare-sansui
landscape painting; landscape picture
Youthful Folly (hexagram 4 of the I Ching)
landscape painting in black India ink
Standard kanji spelling for the reading さんすい, covering most senses.
Rare reading for the mountain stream sense; さんすい is far more common.
Compound of 山 (mountain) and 水 (water). The reading さんすい is the standard Sino-Japanese on'yomi, while やまみず is a rare native-Japanese kun'yomi reading.