水
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shuǐ
(When used as radical: 氵 = Drops of water)
水 is similar to river 川.

	求
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qiú
Top: cover 亠 (here: one 一 and drop 丶), below: water 水
[I'm dying of thirst:] Just one drop of water, this is my: request!

	冰
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bīng
Left: ice, frozen 冫, right: water 水
Ice made from water is real ice.

	永
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yǒng
Top: accent for emphasis 丶, below: var. of water 水
I emphasize: Water has been forever.

	泉
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quán
Top: white 白 (The shine ノ of the sun 日 makes it white.), bottom: water 水
White water from the spring.

	录
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lù
Top: hand 彐, bottom: liquid 水 (Compare with: green 绿 where a hand /彐 squeezes fiber 纟 and green liquid 水 drops down.)
When the hand squeezes out a liquid this means: 'diary' or 'keeping records'.

	承
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chéng
Outside: water 水, middle: child 子, two 二
Two children in the water. Then you bear a responsibility.

	踏
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tà
Left: foot 足 (knee cap 口 and footprint 止), right: many 沓 (water 水, sun 日 [here: sun 日 as 吕 = stones lying next to each other])
The foot can step into water or if there is a way of aligned stones to: tread on.

	泰
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tài
From top: three 三, person 人, water 水
(It can be dangerous to be alone in the water, but:) Three persons in the water feel safe and peaceful.

	暴
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bào
From top: sun 日, together 共 (Put the plants 艹 on the table together.), water 水
The sun together with water exposes the violence.

	涵
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hán
Left: water 氵, right: envelope 函 (container 凵, e.g. jug 乛, water 水)
Water is poured from a jug into the container, which then contains it.

	蒸
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zhēng
From top: plant 艹, water 水 between two boundaries 二 (= a steaming pot), fire 灬
For (cooking the) plants is this water between the boundaries, when from below the fire heats: the steam.

	拯
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zhěng
Left: hand 扌, right: deputy, assist, rescue 丞 (The strokes at top 乛 and bottom 一 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.

	藤
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téng
Top: plant 艹, below: 滕 (body 月, security guard 龹 (person 人 with high lifted arms 丷 and two barrier bars 二), water 水
Plants that pull themselves up on bodies, like raised arms of a security guard and need water are: the climbing vines.

	函
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hán
Image of an envelope: 乛, 凵 and variant of water 水
The 'frame', closed with water, is an envelope.

	腺
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xiàn
Left: body part 月/肉, right: spring/fountain 泉 (... of white 白 water 水)
The body's "springs" are the glands.

	尿
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niào, suī
Left: buttock from the side 尸, below: water 水
The buttock's water is called urine.

	丞
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chéng
Top: 氶, (乛, water 水), below: a stroke 一
The strokes at top 乛 and bottom 一 give a channel (= freedom of action) for the water, that has equally a deputy.

	犀
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xī
Outside: buttocks 尸, below: vari of water 水, cow 牛
The buttocks is in the water of this 'cow': the rhinoceros.

	浆
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jiāng, jiàng
Top: bed 丬 at the evening 夕, bottom: water 水
Next to your bed, you start it at the evening with water, so that it becomes (overnight): a broth.

	汞
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gǒng
Top: build, work 工, bottom: water 水
It's built like water: mercury.

	泵
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bèng
Top: stone 石, bottom: water 水
Out of the stones you get the water with a pump.

	沓
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tà
Top: water 水, bottom: day, sun 日
(Flowing) water and the days come again and again.

	傣
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dǎi
Left: person 亻, right: safe, peaceful, Thailand 泰
The persons who are as three 三 persons 人 by the water are the peaceful 'Dai'.

	滕
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téng
Top: We (imperial) 朕 (A body 月/肉 directly from 丷 heaven 天: that's US), bottom: water 水
We are imperial and at the water in: Teng.