⽔
water
shuǐ (shui3)
Radical no. 85 · 4 strokes (第 85 部首 · 4 画 dì 85 bùshǒu · 4 huà)
Radical ⽔ (shuǐ) — meaning: water, 4 strokes.
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.
Characters with this radical (含此部首的字 hán cǐ bùshǒu de zì)
1 characters- 氵shuǐ
"water" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 85), occurring in 沒|没[mei2], 法[fa3], 流[liu2] etc
3 strokes
Related radicals (相关部首 xiāngguān bùshǒu)
Same stroke count or numerically adjacent in the 214-radical set.