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氵water

water. 3 strokes. 75 characters in HSK 3.0 Levels 2 to 6 are written with it.

Meaning waterStrokes 3Characters 75

How to write 氵

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Stroke order chart for the 氵 radical — 3 strokes

What it tells you about a character

Of the 75 characters below, 61 are pictophonetic with 氵 as the half that carries the meaning — the other half carries the sound. That is the use of knowing a radical: it narrows what a new character is about before you know how to say it.

The 75 characters

Print a 米字格 practice sheet for the 氵 family

HSK 2 · 15

法fǎ满mǎn海hǎi活huó汽qì河hé湖hú油yóu流liú游yóu漂piào温wēn清qīng洗xǐ澡zǎo

HSK 3 · 12

演yǎn汁zhī济jì消xiāo浪làng深shēn注zhù没méi派pài沙shā汤tāng泳yǒng

HSK 4 · 14

潮cháo湿shī测cè沉chén激jī汇huì淡dàn源yuán渐jiàn江jiāng泪lèi浓nóng浅qiǎn治zhì

HSK 5 · 16

池chí汗hàn洞dòng沟gōu泛fàn滚gǔn滑huá泼pō渴kě漫màn润rùn漏lòu洒sǎ漠mò涨zhǎng污wū

HSK 6 · 18

波bō滴dī渡dù浮fú涉shè港gǎng湾wān洋yáng洪hóng混hùn泥ní泡pào潜qián洁jié渠qú添tiān液yè沿yán

Words they appear in

办(bàn)法(fǎ)method, way
解决问题的方式
不(bù)满(mǎn)dissatisfied, resentful
心里觉得不如意，有些生气
大(dà)海(hǎi)the open sea
又深又阔、看不到边的水域
方(fāng)法(fǎ)method, way
解决问题或完成事情所用的方式
干(gàn)活(huó)儿(r)to do manual labor, work
出力气做体力方面的工作
公(gōng)共(gòng)汽(qì)车(chē)public bus
城市里载着很多乘客行驶的大车
海(hǎi)sea, ocean
又深又广、装满咸水的地方
海(hǎi)边(biān)seaside, seashore
靠近大海的地方
河(hé)river, stream
从高处流向低处的一条水道
湖(hú)lake, inland body of water
四面被陆地围住的大片静水
活(huó)动(dòng)activity, event
大家一起参加的一项事情
加(jiā)油(yóu)to cheer on, root for
大声鼓励，为别人打气
看(kàn)法(fǎ)view, opinion
对某件事情所持有的想法
流(liú)to flow
液体不断地移动、往前走