活

Meaning

Lively, activity, living · actividad, vida

Readings

• On (音読み): カツ
• Kun (訓読み): —

Example words

• 生活（せいかつ）— everyday life; living
• 活動（かつどう）— activity
• 活発（かっぱつ）— lively; active

Structure

Radical 水 written as 氵 here (スイ・みず · Water; canonical form of 氵) · 9 strokes · school grade 2

Watch out

生活 = everyday life (routine, cost of living), not biological life (命) or a lifetime (人生) — Spanish vida covers all three. カツ before an h-sound doubles: 活発 かっぱつ. Water + tongue (舌).