water
shuǐ (shui3)
Radical no. 85 · 4 strokes (第 85 部首 · 4 画 dì 85 bùshǒu · 4 huà)
Radical ⽔ (shuǐ) — meaning: water, 4 strokes.
Origin & mnemonic
The water radical originates from a pictograph depicting flowing water. In seal script, it consists of three vertical strokes (representing streams of water) with a horizontal stroke in the middle (indicating the water surface), forming a wave-like shape.
Mnemonic: Three lines piercing through the middle represent three streams of water flowing across a wave's surface.
Characters with this radical (含此部首的字 hán cǐ bùshǒu de zì)
566 characters- 澽Jù
(name of a river in Shaanxi Province)
16 strokes
- 濂lián
name of a river in Hunan
16 strokes
- 濉suī
name of a river
16 strokes
- 濋Chǔ
name of an ancient river (in present-day Dingtao County 定陶縣|定陶县[Ding4 tao2 Xian4], Shandong)
16 strokes
- 濑lài
name of a river
16 strokes
- 濒bīn
to approach
16 strokes
- 濩huò
cook
16 strokes
- 濔mǐ
many
17 strokes
- 濞bì
used in place names
17 strokes
- 濠háo
trench
17 strokes
- 濡rú
dilatory
17 strokes
- 濮Pú
name of a river
17 strokes
- 濯zhuó
to wash
17 strokes
- 濲gǔ
name of a river in Hunan
17 strokes
- 瀞jìng
(archaic) clean
17 strokes
- 瀡suǐ
slippery
17 strokes
- 瀌biāo
copious (of rain or snow)
18 strokes
- 瀍Chán
Chanshui river in Henan
18 strokes
- 瀑pù
waterfall
18 strokes
- 瀒sè
variant of 濇[se4]
18 strokes
- 瀔gǔ
river name in Henan province
18 strokes
- 㶉xī
used in 鸂鶒|㶉𫛶[xi1 chi4]
19 strokes
- 瀚hàn
ocean
19 strokes
- 瀛yíng
ocean
19 strokes
- 瀣xiè
mist
19 strokes
- 灌guàn
to irrigate
HSK 720 strokes
- 瀱jì
(literary) spring water gushing out
20 strokes
- 瀹yuè
to cleanse
20 strokes
- 瀺chán
sound of water
20 strokes
- 瀼ráng
dewy
20 strokes
- 灈Qú
ancient name of a river in Henan
21 strokes
- 灉yōng
name of a river
21 strokes
- 灏hào
vast (of water)
21 strokes
- 灖mǐ
(used to describe flowing water)
22 strokes
- 灞Bà
name of a river
24 strokes
- 灢nǎng
muddy
25 strokes
- 灥xún
a group of springs
27 strokes
- 灪yù
(literary) (of waves) huge
32 strokes
Related radicals (相关部首 xiāngguān bùshǒu)
Same stroke count or numerically adjacent in the 214-radical set.