水
water; (after a name) ... River; to swim (used mostly in 會水|会水[hui4 shui3] and 水性[shui3 xing4]); (coll.) lacking in substance; shoddy; (bound form) additional cost; extra income; classifier for washings of a garment
4 strokes
Dict coverage rank #10 U+6C34
How 水 is formed
Pictograph (象形字)
A river running between two banks; compare 川
components: 亅
? unknown part
How to remember it
water · Heisig RSH #137
walking stick + a drop of — as a component also called: water, snowflake
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words containing 水
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 大水 | dà shuǐ | flood |
| 山水 | Shān shuǐ | Sansui, Japanese company |
| 山水 | shān shuǐ | water from a mountain; mountains and rivers; scenery; landscape |
| 中水 | zhōng shuǐ | reclaimed water; recycled water |
| 一水儿 | yī shuǐ r | (coll.) of the same type; identical |
| 水生 | shuǐ shēng | aquatic (plant, animal) |
| 生水 | shēng shuǐ | unboiled water |
| 天水市 | Tiān shuǐ Shì | Tianshui, prefecture-level city in Gansu Province 甘肅省|甘肃省[Gan1 su4 Sheng3] |
| 无水 | wú shuǐ | anhydrous (chemistry); waterless; dehydrated |
| 白水县 | Bái shuǐ Xiàn | Baishui, a county in Weinan City 渭南市[Wei4 nan2 Shi4], Shaanxi |
| 天水 | Tiān shuǐ | see 天水市[Tian1 shui3 Shi4] |
| 水马 | shuǐ mǎ | water-filled barrier |
| 金水区 | Jīn shuǐ Qū | Jinshui, a district of Zhengzhou City 鄭州市|郑州市[Zheng4 zhou1 Shi4], Henan |
| 水性 | shuǐ xìng | swimming ability; characteristics of a body of water (depth, currents etc); aqueous; water… |
| 海水 | hǎi shuǐ | seawater |
| 白水 | Bái shuǐ | see 白水縣|白水县[Bai2 shui3 Xian4] |
| 白水 | bái shuǐ | plain water |
| 有水 | yǒu shuǐ | supplied with water (of a house) |
| 水化 | shuǐ huà | to hydrate |
| 金水 | Jīn shuǐ | see 金水區|金水区[Jin1 shui3 Qu1] |