水 — Chinese character
水
shuǐ
water, liquid, lotion, juice
- Pinyin
- shuǐ
- Radical
- 85 ⽔ (Water)
- Strokes
- 4
- Components
- 亅
- Formation
- pictographic — A river running between two banks; compare 川
- Japanese
- 水 as a kanji
Common words with 水
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 水平 | shuǐ píng | horizontal; level; a standard; a level (of ability, development etc) |
| 水果 | shuǐ guǒ | fruit |
| 水泥 | shuǐ ní | cement; measure word: 袋 (dài) |
| 洪水 | hóng shuǐ | deluge; flood |
| 水准 (水準) | shuǐ zhǔn | level (of achievement etc); standard |
| 水库 (水庫) | shuǐ kù | reservoir; measure word: 座 (zuò) |
| 水面 | shuǐ miàn | water surface |
| 海水 | hǎi shuǐ | seawater |
| 水晶 | shuǐ jīng | crystal |
| 薪水 | xīn shuǐ | salary; wage |
| 水利 | shuǐ lì | water conservancy; irrigation works |
| 污水 | wū shuǐ | sewage |
English words written with 水
水 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Tao Te Ching 3 · Analects 4 · Art of War 17 · Mencius 48 · Zhuangzi 76 · Doctrine of the Mean 2
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 8
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 78
- Analects 6.21
- Analects 7.15
- Analects 15.34
- Art of War 4.20
- Art of War 5.12
- Art of War 6.29
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