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.

• 濍sōng🔊

  (onom.) sound of water

  15 strokes

• 澡zǎo🔊

  bath

  16 strokes

• 蒙méng🔊

  to cover

  HSK 6

  16 strokes

• 泽zé🔊

  pool

  16 strokes

• 浓nóng🔊

  concentrated

  HSK 4

  16 strokes

• 激jī🔊

  to arouse

  16 strokes

• 㵪xián🔊

  variant of 涎[xian2]

  16 strokes

• 㵮chún🔊

  clear water

  16 strokes

• 潞Lù🔊

  name of a river

  16 strokes

• 澃jiǒng🔊

  clear

  16 strokes

• 澟lǐn🔊

  old variant of 凜|凛[lin3]

  16 strokes

• 澥xiè🔊

  (of porridge etc) to become watery

  16 strokes

• 澧Lǐ🔊

  Lishui River in north Hunan, flowing into Lake Dongting 洞庭湖[Dong4 ting2 Hu2]

  16 strokes

• 澨shì🔊

  bank

  16 strokes

• 浍kuài🔊

  drain

  16 strokes

• 澴huán🔊

  to return (of waves)

  16 strokes

• 澶chán🔊

  still (as of water)

  16 strokes

• 澹dàn🔊

  tranquil

  16 strokes

• 澼pì🔊

  bleach

  16 strokes

• 澽Jù🔊

  (name of a river in Shaanxi Province)

  16 strokes

• 浊zhuó🔊

  turbid

  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

• 涩sè🔊

  astringent

  17 strokes

• 濔mǐ🔊

  many

  17 strokes

• 泞nìng🔊

  muddy

  17 strokes

• 浕Jìn🔊

  river in Hubei province

  17 strokes

• 濞bì🔊

  used in place names

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• 济jì🔊

  to cross a river

  17 strokes

• 濠háo🔊

  trench

  17 strokes

• 濡rú🔊

  dilatory

  17 strokes

• 涛tāo🔊

  big wave

  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

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• 瀡suǐ🔊

  slippery

  17 strokes

• 沈shěn🔊

  (literary) juice

  18 strokes

• 泺luò🔊

  name of a river

  18 strokes

• 泻xiè🔊

  to flow out swiftly

  HSK 7

  18 strokes

• 瀌biāo🔊

  copious (of rain or snow)

  18 strokes

• 瀍Chán🔊

  Chanshui river in Henan

  18 strokes

• 浏liú🔊

  clear

  18 strokes

• 瀑pù🔊

  waterfall

  18 strokes