Radical 85

水
水
水 (U 6C34) "water"
Pronunciations
Pinyin:	shuǐ ;
Bopomofo:	ㄕㄨㄟˇ
Gwoyeu Romatzyh:	shoei
Wade–Giles:	shui3
Cantonese Yale:	séui
Jyutping:	seoi2
Pe̍h-ōe-jī:	súi
Japanese Kana:	スイ sui (on'yomi); みず mizu (kun'yomi)
Sino-Korean:	수 su
Names
Chinese name(s):	(氵) 三點水/三点水 sāndiǎnshuǐ
Japanese name(s):	水/みず mizu; (氵) 三水/さんずい sanzui; (Bottom) 下水/したみず shitamizu
Hangul:	물 mul; (氵) 삼수변/三水邊 samsubyeon
Stroke order animation

Radical 85 or radical water (水部) meaning 'water' is a Kangxi radical; one of 35 of the 214 that are composed of 4 strokes. Its left-hand form, 氵, is closely related to Radical 15, 冫 bīng (also known as 两点水 liǎngdiǎnshuǐ), meaning "ice", from which it differs by the addition of just one stroke.

In the Kangxi Dictionary, there are 1,595 characters (out of 40,000) to be found under this radical.

水 is also the 77th indexing component in the Table of Indexing Chinese Character Components predominantly adopted by Simplified Chinese dictionaries published in mainland China, with 氵 and 氺 being its associated indexing component.

In the Chinese wuxing ("Five Phases"), 水 represents the element Water. In Taoist cosmology, 水 (Water) is the nature component of the bagua diagram 坎 kǎn.

Evolution

Oracle bone script character
Bronze script character
Large seal script character
Small seal script character

Derived characters

Strokes	Characters
0	水氵氺 (= 水)
1	氶氷 (= 冰 -> 冫) 永氹
2	氽氻氼 (= 溺) 氾氿汀汁求汃汄 (= 㳁) 汅 (= 沔) 汆汇^SC (= 匯 -> 匚) 汈汉^SC (= 漢)
3	汊汋汌汍汎汏汐汑汒 (=茫 -> 艸) 汓 (=泅) 汔汕汖 (=流 / 池 / 𣎵 -> 木) 汗汘汙 (=污) 汚^JP (=污) 汛汜汝汞江池污汢汣汤^SC (=湯)
4	汥汦汧汨汩汪汫汬 (=阱 -> 阜) 汭汮汯汰汱汲汳汴汵汶汷汸汹^SC (=洶) 決汻汼汽汾汿沀 (=汿) 沁沂沃沄 (also SC form of 澐) 沅沆沇沈 (also SC form of 瀋) 沉沊沋沌沍沎沏沐沑沒沓沔沕沖沗 (=添) 沘沙沚沛沜沝沞沟^SC (=溝) 沠没^SC/JP (=沒) 沢^JP (=澤) 沣^SC (=灃) 沤^SC (=漚) 沥^SC (=瀝) 沦^SC (=淪) 沧^SC (=滄) 沨^SC (=渢) 沩^SC (=溈) 沪 (SC form of 滬 / JP form of 濾)
5	沫沬沭沮沯沰沱沲河沴沵 (=濔/沴) 沶沷沸油沺治沼沽沾沿泀況泂泃泄^SC (=洩) 泅泆泇泈泉泊泋泌泍泎泏泐泑泒泓泔法泖泗泘泙泛泜泝 (=溯) 泞^SC (=濘) 泟 (=浾) 泠泡波泣泤 (=汜) 泥泦泧注泩泪^SC (=淚) 泫泬泭 (=桴 -> 木) 泮泯泰泱泲泳泴泶 (=澩) 泷^SC (=瀧) 泸^SC (=瀘) 泹泺^SC (=濼) 泻^SC (=瀉) 泼^SC (=潑) 泽^SC (=澤) 泾^SC (=涇) 浅^SC (=淺)
6	泚泿洀洁^SC (=潔) 洂洃洄洅洆洇洈洉洊洋洌洎洏洐洑洒^SC (=灑) 洓洔洕洗洘洙洚洛洜 (=洛) 洝洞洟洠 (=涘) 洡洢洣洤津洦洧洨洩洪洫洬洭洮洯洰洱洲洳洴洵洶洷洸洹洺活洼^SC (=窪 -> 穴) 洽派洿浀流浂浃^SC (=浹) 浄^JP (=淨) 浅^JP (=淺) 浆^SC (=漿) 浇^SC (=澆) 浈^SC (=湞) 浉^SC (=溮) 浊^SC (=濁) 测^SC (=測) 浌浍^SC (=澮) 济^SC (=濟) 浏^SC (=瀏) 浐^SC (=滻) 浑^SC (=渾) 浒^SC (=滸) 浓^SC (=濃) 浔^SC (=潯) 浕^SC (=濜)
7	酒洍 (=汜) 洖浖浗浘浙浚浛浜 (also JP form of 濱) 浝浞浟浠浡浢浣浤浥浦浧浨浩浪浫浬浭浮浯浰浱 (=漘) 浲浳浴浵浶海浸浹浺浻浼浽浾浿涀涁 (=滲) 涂 (also SC form of 塗 -> 土) 涃涄涅涆涇消涉涊涋涌 (also SC form of 湧) 涍涎涏涐涑涒涓涔涕涖涗涘涚^SC/HK (=涗) 涛^SC/JP (=濤) 涜^JP (=瀆) 涝^SC (=澇) 涞^SC (=淶) 涟^SC (=漣) 涠^SC (=潿) 涡^SC (=渦) 涢^SC (=溳) 涣^SC (=渙) 涤^SC (=滌) 涥润^SC (=潤) 涧^SC (=澗) 涨^SC (=漲) 涩^SC (=澀)
8	涙^JP (=淚) 涪涫涬涭涮涯涰 (=啜 -> 口) 涱液涳涴涵涶涷涸涹涺涻涼涽涾涿淀^SC (=澱) 淁淂淃淄淅淆淇淈淉淊 (=淹) 淋淌淍淎淏淐淑淒淓淔淕淖淗 (=泦) 淘淙淚淛 (=浙) 淜淝淞淟淠淡淢淣淤淥淦淧 (=㴵) 淨淩淪淫淬淭淮淯淰深淲淳淴淵淶混淸 (=清) 淹淺添淼 (=渺) 淽淾 (=飲 -> 食) 淿 (=泊) 渀渁 (=淵) 渂 (=汶 / 岷 -> 山) 渄清渆 (=淵) 渇^JP (=渴) 済^JP (=濟) 渉^JP (=涉) 渊^SC (=淵) 渋^JP (=澀) 渌^SC (=淥) 渍^SC (=漬) 渎^SC (=瀆) 渏 (=漪) 渐^SC (=漸) 渑^SC (=澠) 渒渓^JP (=溪) 渔^SC (=漁) 渕 (=淵) 渖^{SC nonstandard} (=瀋) 渗^SC (=滲) 渚湴
9	渃渘渙減渜渝渞渟渠渡渢渣渤渥渦渧渨温^SC/HK/JP (=溫) 渪 (=濡) 渫測渭渮 (=菏 -> 艸) 港渰渱渲渳渴渵渶渷 (=沇) 游渹渺渻渼渽渾渿湀湁湂湃湄湅湆湇 (=湆) 湈湉湊湋湌 (=餐 -> 食) 湍湎湏湐 (=洦) 湑湒湓湔湕湖湗湘湙湚湛湜湝湞湟湠湡湢湣湤湥湦湧湨湩湪湫湬 (=湫) 湭湮湯湰湱湲湳湵湶湷湸湹 (=瀍) 湺 (=涎) 湻 (=淳) 湼 (=涅) 湽 (=淄) 湾^SC/湾^SC (=灣) 湿^SC/JP (=濕) 満^JP (=滿) 溁^SC (=濚) 溂溃^SC (=潰) 溄 (=漨) 溅^SC (=濺) 溆 (=漵) 溇^SC (=漊) 溈溉溊 (=波) 溋 (=盈 -> 皿) 溌^JP (=潑) 滋滞^SC (=滯)
10	滞^JP (=滯) 溍溎溏源溑溒溓溔溕 (=濛) 準溗溘溙溚溛溜溝溞溟溠溡溢溣溤溥溦溧溨 (=渽) 溩溪溫溬 (=㳾) 溭溮溯溰溱溲溳溴溵溶溷溸溹溺溻溼 (=濕) 溽溾溿滀滁滂滃滄滅滆滇滈滉滊滍滎滏滐滑滒滓滔滕滖滗^SC (=潷) 滘滙 (=匯 -> 匚) 滛 (=淫) 滜滝^JP (=瀧) 滟^SC (=灩) 滠^SC (=灄) 满^SC (=滿) 滢^SC (=瀅) 滣 (=漘) 滤^SC (=濾) 滥^SC (=濫) 滦^SC (=灤) 滧滨^SC (=濱) 滩^SC (=灘) 滪^SC (=澦) 漓 (also SC forom of 灕)
11	滌滚^SC (=滾) 滫滬滭滮滯滰滱滲滳滴滵滶滷滸滹滺 (=浟) 滻滼滽滾滿漀漁漂漃漄 (=涯) 漅漆漇漈漉漊漌漍漎漏漐漑 (=溉) 漒演漕漖漗漘漙漚漛漜漝漞漟漠漡 (=湯) 漢漣漤漥漦漧 (=乾 -> 乙) 漨漩漪漫漬漭漮漯漰漱漲漳漴漵漶漷漸漹漺漻漼漾漿潀潁潂 (=洪) 潃 (=滫) 潄 (=漱) 潅 (=灌) 潆^SC (=瀠) 潇^SC (=瀟) 潈潉潊 (=漵) 潋^SC (=瀲) 潌潍^SC (=濰)
12	漋漽潎潏潐潑潒潓潔潕潖潗潘潙潚潛潜^SC/JP (=潛) 潝潞潟潠潡潢潣潤潥潦潧 (=溱) 潨潩潪潫潬潭潮潯潰潱潲潳潴^SC (=瀦) 潵潶潷潸潹 (=潺) 潺潻潼潽潾潿澁 (=澀) 澂 (=澄) 澃澄澅澆澇澈澉澊澋澌澍澎澏 (=浛) 澐澑 (=溜) 澒澓澔澕澖澗澘 (=潸) 澚澛^SC (=瀂) 澜^SC (=瀾) 澝 (=濘) 濐 (=渚)
13	澙 (=潟) 澞澟 (=凜 -> 冫) 澠澡澢澣 (=浣) 澤澥澦澧澨澩澪澫澬澭澮澯澰澱澲澳澴澵澶澷澸澹澺澻澼澽澾澿激濁濂濃濄濅 (=浸) 濆濇濈濉濊濋濌濍濎濏濑^SC (=瀨) 濒^SC (=瀕) 濓濖
14	澀濔濕濗濘濙濚濛濜濝濞濟濠濡濢濣濤濥濦濧濨濩濪濫濬 (=浚) 濭濮濯濰濱濲濴濵 (=濱) 濶 (=闊 -> 門) 濷濸
15	濹濺濻 (=瀢) 濼濽 (=灒) 濾濿瀀瀁瀂瀃瀄瀅瀆瀇瀈瀉瀊瀋瀌瀍瀎瀏瀐 (=瀸) 瀑瀒 (=澀) 瀓 (=澄) 瀔
16	濳 (=潛) 瀕瀖瀗瀘瀙瀚瀛瀜瀝瀞瀟瀠瀡瀢瀣瀤瀥 (=滈) 瀦瀧瀨瀩瀪瀫瀬^JP (=瀨) 瀭瀮
17	瀯瀰瀱瀲瀳瀴瀵瀶瀷瀸瀹瀺瀻瀼瀽瀾瀿灀灁 (=淵)
18	灂灃灄灅灆灇灈灉灊灋 (=法) 灌灍 (=㵐) 灏^SC (=灝) 灐 (=瀅)
19	灑灒灓灔 (=灩) 灕灖灗灘
20	灙灚灛灜 (=瀛)
21	灝灞灟灠 (=漤) 灡
22	灢灣
23	灎 (=灩) 灤灥灦
24	灧 (=灩) 灨 (=贛 -> 貝)
28	灩
29	灪

Sinogram

The radical is also used as an independent Chinese character. It is one of the kyōiku kanji or kanji taught in elementary school in Japan.^[2] It is a first grade kanji.^[2]

References

^ Lunde, Ken (Jan 5, 2009). "Appendix J: Japanese Character Sets" (PDF). CJKV Information Processing: Chinese, Japanese, Korean & Vietnamese Computing (Second ed.). Sebastopol, Calif.: O'Reilly Media. ISBN 978-0-596-51447-1.
^ ^a ^b "The Kyoiku Kanji (教育漢字) - Kanshudo". www.kanshudo.com. Archived from the original on March 24, 2022. Retrieved 2023-05-06.

Literature

Fazzioli, Edoardo (1987). Chinese calligraphy : from pictograph to ideogram : the history of 214 essential Chinese/Japanese characters. calligraphy by Rebecca Hon Ko. New York: Abbeville Press. ISBN 0-89659-774-1.
Leyi Li: “Tracing the Roots of Chinese Characters: 500 Cases”. Beijing 1993, ISBN 978-7-5859-0204-2 tai

External links

[cjkvappendix-1] Lunde, Ken (Jan 5, 2009). "Appendix J: Japanese Character Sets" (PDF). CJKV Information Processing: Chinese, Japanese, Korean & Vietnamese Computing (Second ed.). Sebastopol, Calif.: O'Reilly Media. ISBN 978-0-596-51447-1.

[:0-2] "The Kyoiku Kanji (教育漢字) - Kanshudo". www.kanshudo.com. Archived from the original on March 24, 2022. Retrieved 2023-05-06.

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