water

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.

• 㲾yǔ🔊

  old variant of 雨[yu3]

  7 strokes

• 㳂yán🔊

  variant of 沿[yan2]

  7 strokes

• 㳇fù🔊

  (used in place names)

  7 strokes

• 汧qiān🔊

  marsh

  7 strokes

• 汨Mì🔊

  name of a river, the southern tributary of Miluo river 汨羅江|汨罗江[Mi4 luo2 jiang1]

  7 strokes

• 汩gǔ🔊

  confused

  7 strokes

• 汫jǐng🔊

  old variant of 阱[jing3]

  7 strokes

• 汭ruì🔊

  river-bend

  7 strokes

• 汰tài🔊

  to discard

  7 strokes

• 汳Biàn🔊

  name of an ancient river in Henan

  7 strokes

• 汴Biàn🔊

  name of a river in Henan

  7 strokes

• 汶Wèn🔊

  Wen River in northwest Sichuan (same as 汶川)

  7 strokes

• 汹xiōng🔊

  torrential rush

  7 strokes

• 汽qì🔊

  steam

  7 strokes

• 汾fén🔊

  name of a river

  7 strokes

• 沁qìn🔊

  to seep

  7 strokes

• 沂Yí🔊

  Yi River, Shandong

  7 strokes

• 沄yún🔊

  rushing of a torrent

  7 strokes

• 沆hàng🔊

  a ferry

  7 strokes

• 沇yǎn🔊

  old variant of 兗|兖[yan3]

  7 strokes

• 沌dùn🔊

  used in 混沌[hun4 dun4]

  7 strokes

• 沍hù🔊

  congealed

  7 strokes

• 沔miǎn🔊

  inundation

  7 strokes

• 沕wù🔊

  abstruse

  7 strokes

• 沘bǐ🔊

  name of a river

  7 strokes

• 沚zhǐ🔊

  islet

  7 strokes

• 沛pèi🔊

  copious

  7 strokes

• 沣fēng🔊

  rainy

  7 strokes

• 沤òu🔊

  to steep

  7 strokes

• 沥lì🔊

  to drip

  7 strokes

• 沦lún🔊

  to sink (into ruin, oblivion)

  7 strokes

• 沨fēng🔊

  (onom.) sound of flowing water

  7 strokes

• 沩guī🔊

  name of a river in Shanxi

  7 strokes

• 沪Hù🔊

  short name for Shanghai

  7 strokes

• 泐lè🔊

  to write

  7 strokes

• 泛fàn🔊

  variant of 泛[fan4]

  7 strokes

• 泲jǐ🔊

  clear wine

  7 strokes

• 𣲗wéi🔊

  to flow back (of water)

  7 strokes

• 𣲘wǔ🔊

  river in Henan

  7 strokes

• 法fǎ🔊

  old variant of 法[fa3]

  HSK 4

  8 strokes

• 泡pào🔊

  bubble; foam

  HSK 6

  8 strokes

• 波bō🔊

  wave

  8 strokes

• 油yóu🔊

  oil

  HSK 2

  8 strokes

• 河hé🔊

  river (CL:條|条[tiao2],道[dao4])

  HSK 2

  8 strokes

• 注zhù🔊

  (bound form) to pour into; to flow into; to inject

  HSK 7

  8 strokes

• 沾zhān🔊

  variant of 沾[zhan1]

  HSK 7

  8 strokes

• 治zhì🔊

  to rule

  HSK 4

  8 strokes

• 泥ní🔊

  mud

  HSK 6

  8 strokes