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.

• 洚jiàng🔊

  flood

  9 strokes

• 洟tì🔊

  nasal mucus

  9 strokes

• 洢yī🔊

  old name of a river in Henan, now written 伊河

  9 strokes

• 洣Mǐ🔊

  Mi river in Hunan, tributary of Xiangjiang 湘江

  9 strokes

• 洧wěi🔊

  name of a river

  9 strokes

• 洨xiáo🔊

  (Tw) (vulgar) semen (from Taiwanese 潲, Tai-lo pr. [siâu])

  9 strokes

• 洫xù🔊

  to ditch

  9 strokes

• 洭kuāng🔊

  ancient name of a river 洭河[Kuang1 He2] in present-day Guangdong

  9 strokes

• 洮táo🔊

  to cleanse

  9 strokes

• 洳rù🔊

  damp

  9 strokes

• 洴píng🔊

  wash

  9 strokes

• 洵xún🔊

  truly

  9 strokes

• 洹huán🔊

  name of a river

  9 strokes

• 洺míng🔊

  name of a river

  9 strokes

• 洼wā🔊

  variant of 窪|洼[wa1]

  9 strokes

• 洽qià🔊

  accord

  9 strokes

• 洿wū🔊

  dig (a pond)

  9 strokes

• 浃jiā🔊

  soaked

  9 strokes

• 浈Zhēn🔊

  river in Guangdong province

  9 strokes

• 浉Shī🔊

  Shi, name of river in Xinyang 信陽|信阳, Henan

  9 strokes

• 浊zhuó🔊

  turbid

  9 strokes

• 浍kuài🔊

  drain

  9 strokes

• 济jì🔊

  to cross a river

  9 strokes

• 浏liú🔊

  clear

  9 strokes

• 浐chǎn🔊

  name of a river in Shaanxi province

  9 strokes

• 浒hǔ🔊

  bank of a river

  9 strokes

• 浔xún🔊

  name of a river

  9 strokes

• 浕Jìn🔊

  river in Hubei province

  9 strokes

• 涎xián🔊

  variant of 涎[xian2]

  9 strokes

• 海hǎi🔊

  ocean

  HSK 2

  10 strokes

• 流liú🔊

  to flow

  HSK 2

  10 strokes

• 涂tú🔊

  to apply (paint etc)

  HSK 7

  10 strokes

• 泰tài🔊

  safe

  10 strokes

• 浩hào🔊

  grand

  10 strokes

• 浪làng🔊

  wave

  HSK 7

  10 strokes

• 涨zhǎng🔊

  to rise (of prices, rivers)

  HSK 5

  10 strokes

• 消xiāo🔊

  to diminish; to subside

  HSK 7

  10 strokes

• 涅niè🔊

  (literary) alunite (formerly used as a black dye)

  10 strokes

• 浮fú🔊

  to float

  HSK 6

  10 strokes

• 浸jìn🔊

  to immerse

  10 strokes

• 浴yù🔊

  bath

  10 strokes

• 涌yǒng🔊

  to bubble up

  HSK 7

  10 strokes

• 润rùn🔊

  moist; glossy; sleek

  HSK 7

  10 strokes

• 浦pǔ🔊

  river bank

  10 strokes

• 浆jiāng🔊

  thick liquid

  10 strokes

• 涩sè🔊

  astringent

  10 strokes

• 㳮niào🔊

  old variant of 尿[niao4]

  10 strokes

• 浙Zhè🔊

  short name for Zhejiang 浙江[Zhe4 jiang1]

  10 strokes