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みず
水
は
ひく
低
きに
なが
流
れ、
ひと
人
は
やす
易
きに
なが
流
れる。 kotowaza
Water and people find the easy way out (literally: water finds its lowest level, people find their easiest path).
kotowaza Japanese proverb (kotowaza)
See also: 水の低きに就く如し。 Water has a tendency to find its level.
Grammar and points of interest
き archaic adjective form き archaic adjective form
 
水は低きに流れ、人は易きに流れる。
particle に particle に
 
an overview of the uses of に
水は低きに流れ、人は易きに流れる。
Conjugations and inflections
  低き is the archaic き form of 'i' adjective 低い   ALL INFLECTIONS
  流れ is the stem form of ichidan verb 流れる   ALL INFLECTIONS
  流れる is the plain form of ichidan verb 流れる   ALL INFLECTIONS
Words
み ず 0
noun
1. water (esp. cool, fresh water, e.g. drinking water)  (see also: 湯; み is generally used in compounds)
2. fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid
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ひ く い 2
1. low (rank, degree, value, content, quality, etc.)  (opposite: 高い)
2. low (position); close to the ground
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な が れ る 3
ichidan verb, intransitive verb
1. to stream; to flow (liquid, time, etc.); to run (ink)
2. to be washed away; to be carried
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1. counter for people
noun
2. person  (usu. in compound words; this meaning is restricted to reading にん)
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や す き 1
noun
easiness; simpleness  (opposite: 難き)
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Kanji
水
スイ   みず water   
低
テイ   ひくい low   ひくめる to lower   ひくまる to be lowered   
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氐
first family
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一
イチ   イツ   ひとつ    ひと- one   
氏
シ    family; Mr / Mrs   うじ family name   
亻
ジン   ニン   ひと man   
流
ル   リュウ   ながれる to flow   ながす to pour out, to flush　   
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氵
スイ   みず water   
㐬
private lidded river
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private lidded
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厶
ム   private
亠
lid
川
セン   かわ river   
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ノ
katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
丨
stick   
人
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
易
イ   エキ   やさしい easy   
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勿
モチ   not
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豕
pig
日
ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
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