水
- water;
Etymology
It is a pictograph that represents flowing water. The middle horizontal stroke symbolizes flowing water, and the strokes on both sides represent splashing water droplets.
As a side note, 川 (stream, river) also depicts flowing water but has evolved differently from 水.
Usage in Korean
Besides 삼수변, there are other water-related radicals like 물수부발 (氺), classified 85th in the Kangxi dictionary, which appears in characters like 泰 (great) and 求 (seek).
Characters with the water radical often relate to liquids or water-related meanings.
Examples include:
液 (liquid)
泉 (spring)
氷 (ice)
泳 (swim)
深 (deep)
江 (river)
河 (river)
湖 (lake)
海 (sea)
洋 (ocean)
泌 (secrete)
洐 (ditch flow)
淼 (vast water)
氹 (pond)
There are rare characters that use the full 水 shape as a radical, such as 沀 (ditch).
Characters with 水
- 淨 — clean, pure, clear;
- 漢 — Sino-, China;
- 波 — wave, ripple, flow, undulation;
- 濤 — wave, billow, surging water;
- 決 — to decide, to determine, to judge;
- 漁 — to fish, to catch fish, to angle, to gather aquatic life;
- 漂 — to drift, to float, to wander, to move about, to wash, to rinse (as in laundry);
- 演 — to spread out, to extend, to perform, to act, to explain, to expound, to evolve, to develop;
- 澤 — pond, marsh, swamp, moist, damp, glistening, benefit, favor, grace;
- 消 — to disappear, to vanish, to reduce, to eliminate;
- 淫 — excessive, overindulgent, licentious, lustful, unrestrained, corrupt;
- 深 — deep, profound;
- 淸 — clear, pure, clean, fresh;
- 源 — origin, source, root, spring of water, cause, foundation;
- 準 — standard, criterion, norm, to match, to be equal to, water level, plumb line;
- 滿 — full, filled, to fill, to satisfy, abundance, satisfaction;
- 況 — situation, condition, state of affairs, furthermore, let alone;
- 泉 — spring, fountain, source of water;
- 法 — law, rule, method, principle;
- 洋 — ocean, vast sea;
- 洗 — to wash, cleanse, rinse;
- 洪 — vast, great, immense, flood, deluge;
- 活 — to live, to be alive, lively, active, flowing, moving, fresh;
- 流 — to flow, to circulate, to drift, to spread, to diffuse;
- 永 — long, eternal, everlasting;
- 求 — to seek, to request, to strive for, to beg, to ask;
- 治 — to govern, to rule, to cure, to treat (illness), to control, to regulate, to punish;
- 洒 — to wash, sprinkle, scatter water, purify;
- 海 — sea, ocean;
- 減 — to lessen, to reduce, to subtract;
- 派 — branch, stream, faction;
水
물
수
mul
su
Kangxi radical:85
Strokes:4
Unicode:U+6C34
Cangjie input:
- 水 (E)
Composition:
- ⿰ 𰛄 ⿺ ㇏ 丿 (G J K V)
- ⿰ ㇇ 𰛅 (G J K V)
- ⿰ 𰛄 ⿱ 丿 ㇏ (H T)
