The Chinese Radical: 水


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Meaning
water    水

Explanation

Used in these characters:
JLPT HSK 1
water, liquid
shuǐ
(When used as radical: = Drops of water)
is similar to river .  
JLPT HSK 3
ask for, to beg, seek, look for, request
qiú
Top: cover (here: one and drop ), below: water
[I'm dying of thirst:] Just one drop of water, this is my: request!  
JLPT HSK 3
ice, to freeze
bīng
Left: ice, frozen , right: water
Ice made from water is real ice.  
JLPT HSK 4
forever, always, eternally, perpetual
yǒng
Top: accent for emphasis , below: var. of water
I emphasize: Water has been forever.  
JLPT HSK 4
spring (small stream) spring water, fountain
quán
Top: white (The shine of the sun makes it white.), bottom: water
White water from the spring.  
JLPT HSK 5
diary, record, to hit, to copy

Top: hand , bottom: liquid (Compare with: green 绿 where a hand / squeezes fiber 纟 and green liquid drops down.)
When the hand squeezes out a liquid this means: 'diary' or 'keeping records'.  
JLPT HSK 5
to bear, responsibility, to take charge
chéng
Outside: water , middle: child , two
Two children in the water. Then you bear a responsibility.  
JLPT HSK 6
to tread on, to stamp, to press a pedal

Left: foot (knee cap and footprint ), right: many (water , sun [here: sun as = stones lying next to each other])
The foot can step into water or if there is a way of aligned stones to: tread on.  
JLPT HSK 6
safe, peaceful, most, grand, Thailand
tài
From top: three 三, person , water
(It can be dangerous to be alone in the water, but:) Three persons in the water feel safe and peaceful.  
JLPT HSK 6
violence, sudden, cruel, to show or expose, to injure
bào
From top: sun , together (Put the plants on the table together.), water
The sun together with water exposes the violence.  
JLPT HSK 6
to contain, to include, culvert
hán
Left: water , right: envelope 函 (container , e.g. jug , water )
Water is poured from a jug into the container, which then contains it.  
JLPT HSK 6
to steam (cooking), sultry, to evaporate
zhēng
From top: plant , water between two boundaries (= a steaming pot), fire
For (cooking the) plants is this water between the boundaries, when from below the fire heats: the steam.  
JLPT no HSK
rescue, save, to raise, to aid, to support
zhěng
Left: hand , right: deputy, assist, rescue 丞 (The strokes at top and bottom give for the water the channel of (freedom of action) that the deputy has.)
A hand takes you out of the water-channel when rescuing.  
JLPT no HSK
tangle of vines, rattan, cane
téng
Top: plant , below: (body , border guard (person with high lifted arms and two barrier bars ), water
Plants that pull themselves up on bodies, like raised arms of a security guard and need water are: the climbing vines.  
JLPT no HSK
envelope, case, letter
hán
Image of an envelope: , and variant of water
The 'frame', closed with water, is an envelope.  
JLPT no HSK
gland
xiàn
Left: body part /, right: spring/fountain (... of white water )
The body's "springs" are the glands.  
尿
JLPT no HSK
to urinate, urine
niào, suī
Left: buttock from the side , below: water
The buttock's water is called urine.  
JLPT no HSK
deputy, assist
chéng
Top: 氶, (, water ), below: a stroke
The strokes at top and bottom give a channel (= freedom of action) for the water, that has equally a deputy.  
JLPT no HSK
rhinoceros, sharp

Outside: buttocks , below: vari of water , cow
The buttocks is in the water of this 'cow': the rhinoceros.  
JLPT no HSK
broth, serum, starch paste
jiāng, jiàng
Top: bed at the evening , bottom: water
Next to your bed, you start it at the evening with water, so that it becomes (overnight): a broth.  
JLPT no HSK
mercury (chemistry)
gǒng
Top: build, work , bottom: water
It's built like water: mercury.  
JLPT no HSK
pump
bèng
Top: stone , bottom: water
Out of the stones you get the water with a pump.  
JLPT no HSK
many, again and again, pile (i.e. of papers)

Top: water , bottom: day, sun
(Flowing) water and the days come again and again.  
JLPT no HSK
Dai (ethnic group)
dǎi
Left: person , right: safe, peaceful, Thailand 泰
The persons who are as three 三 persons by the water are the peaceful 'Dai'.  
JLPT no HSK
Teng county in Shandong
téng
Top: We (imperial) (A body / directly from heaven : that's US), bottom: water
We are imperial and at the water in: Teng.  

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