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.

• 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

• 浚jùn🔊

  to dredge (a river)

  10 strokes

• 浜bāng🔊

  stream

  10 strokes

• 浞zhuó🔊

  (coll.) to drench

  10 strokes

• 浠Xī🔊

  name of a river in Hubei

  10 strokes

• 浡bó🔊

  full

  10 strokes

• 浣huàn🔊

  to wash

  10 strokes

• 浤hóng🔊

  sound of water surging

  10 strokes

• 浥yì🔊

  damp

  10 strokes

• 浬lǐ🔊

  nautical mile

  10 strokes

• 浭Gēng🔊

  name of a river in Hebei

  10 strokes

• 浯Wú🔊

  (name of several rivers in China)

  10 strokes

• 浰lì🔊

  to attend (official functions)

  10 strokes

• 浲féng🔊

  old variant of 漨[feng2]

  10 strokes

• 浼měi🔊

  to ask a favor of

  10 strokes

• 浽suī🔊

  see 浽溦[sui1 wei1]

  10 strokes