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.

• 潍wéi🔊

  name of a river

  14 strokes

• 潎pì🔊

  rippling

  14 strokes

• 潢huáng🔊

  dye paper

  14 strokes

• 潴zhū🔊

  pool

  14 strokes

• 澉gǎn🔊

  place name

  14 strokes

• 潘pān🔊

  (archaic) water in which rice has been washed

  15 strokes

• 洁jié🔊

  clean

  15 strokes

• 泼pō🔊

  to splash

  HSK 5

  15 strokes

• 潮cháo🔊

  tide

  HSK 4

  15 strokes

• 浇jiāo🔊

  to pour liquid

  HSK 7

  15 strokes

• 澈chè🔊

  clear (water)

  15 strokes

• 潜qián🔊

  hidden

  15 strokes

• 润rùn🔊

  moist; glossy; sleek

  HSK 7

  15 strokes

• 浆jiāng🔊

  thick liquid

  15 strokes

• 滕Téng🔊

  vassal state of Zhou in Shandong

  15 strokes

• 澄chéng🔊

  variant of 澄[cheng2]

  15 strokes

• 㵐Jué🔊

  Jue River in Hubei

  15 strokes

• 漦lí🔊

  go with current

  15 strokes

• 潏jué🔊

  to bubble up

  15 strokes

• 𣲘wǔ🔊

  river in Henan

  15 strokes

• 潗jí🔊

  friendly

  15 strokes

• 潝xī🔊

  to agree

  15 strokes

• 潟xì🔊

  saline land

  15 strokes

• 潠xùn🔊

  spurt out of the mouth

  15 strokes

• 潦liáo🔊

  used in 潦草[liao2 cao3]

  15 strokes

• 潭tán🔊

  deep pool

  15 strokes

• 浔xún🔊

  name of a river

  15 strokes

• 潲shào🔊

  driving rain

  15 strokes

• 潵sǎ🔊

  old variant of 撒[sa3]

  15 strokes

• 潸shān🔊

  tearfully

  15 strokes

• 潺chán🔊

  flow

  15 strokes

• 潼tóng🔊

  high

  15 strokes

• 潽pū🔊

  to boil over

  15 strokes

• 潾lín🔊

  clear (as of water)

  15 strokes

• 涠wéi🔊

  still water

  15 strokes

• 涝lào🔊

  flooded

  HSK 7

  15 strokes

• 澌sī🔊

  drain dry

  15 strokes

• 澍shù🔊

  moisture

  15 strokes

• 澎péng🔊

  used in 澎湃[peng2 pai4]

  15 strokes

• 沄yún🔊

  rushing of a torrent

  15 strokes

• 澔hào🔊

  grand

  15 strokes

• 涧jiàn🔊

  variant of 澗|涧[jian4]

  15 strokes

• 澙xì🔊

  variant of 潟[xi4]

  15 strokes

• 澛lǔ🔊

  (used in place names)

  15 strokes

• 澜lán🔊

  swelling water

  15 strokes

• 𬇕màn🔊

  variant of 漫[man4]

  15 strokes

• 澳ào🔊

  deep bay; cove; harbor

  15 strokes

• 濈jí🔊

  many

  15 strokes