没
JLPT HSK 1

méi, mò
Left: water 氵, right: 殳 (battle axe in a hand 又)
(You can't swim with that weight:) In the water the one with the battle axe in his hand will: submerge.

	水
JLPT HSK 1

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

	汉
JLPT HSK 1

hàn
Left: water 氵, right: (once)again 又 (image of a hand) - In the Han dynasty there was an economic boom due to the waterways (= 氵) and hardworking hands 又
Water(-ways) and hands for the success of the Han Dynasty.

	漂
JLPT HSK 1

piāo, piǎo, piào
Left: water 氵, right: ticket 票 (In the west 覀/西 you show 示 your ticket.) [West: 西 = Below the horizon 一 the sun 日 sinks 儿 at the sunset in the west]
On the water is a ticket and it is floating.

	游
JLPT HSK 2

yóu
left: water 氵, right: variation of travel 旅 (direction 方, banner/flag and child 子)
To the water 氵 leads the trip 旅, with a child 子 [instead of clothes 衣], because is it a trip for swimming.

	汽
JLPT HSK 2

qì
Left: water 氵, right: steam 气 (image of uprising steam)
Also water's steam is steam.

	洗
JLPT HSK 2

xǐ
Left: water 氵, right: precede, previous 先 (The cow 牛 uses the front legs 儿 to preceed.)
(Perhaps later for the flowers? - But:) The water it is precedingly used for: washing.

	泳
JLPT HSK 2

yǒng
Left: water 氵, right: forever, eternally 永 (I emphasise 丶water 水 has been forever.). Here: See the accent 丶 as a swimmer
In the water, a person 丶 can be for forever 永 (= above the water level 一,水) when: swimming.

	河
JLPT HSK 3

hé
Left: water 氵, right: possible 可 (The nail 丁 into the opening 口 should be possible)
(i.e. for water transport) Water that makes things possible, is the river.

	法
JLPT HSK 3

fǎ
Left: water 氵, right: leave, go away 去 (Below ground 土 is the nose 厶, which has left.)
The water must be left: That's the law!

	清
JLPT HSK 3

qīng
Left: water 氵, right: blue, young 青 (Growing plants /丰 appear in the moonshine 月 blue and young.)
Water that is blue (or young) is clear and pure.

	酒
JLPT HSK 3

jiǔ
Left: water/liquid 氵, right: wine jar 酉
The liquid in the wine jar is alcohol.

	满
JLPT HSK 3

mǎn
Left: water 氵, right: grass/plants 艹, pair/both 两 (Two connected 一 persons 人 are inside 内, thus both.)
Water and plants, both can make (your stomach) full.

	注
JLPT HSK 3

zhù
Left: water 氵, right: master 主 (I emphasize 丶, the king 王 is the master.)
Water for the master: note it and pour it in.

	渴
JLPT HSK 3

kě
Left: Water 氵, right: interrogation 曷 (The mouth with tongue 日 enwraps 勹 the person 人 in the corner at the interrogation.) cf. to drink 喝
He wants to drink water, because under the sun a wrapped person is: thirsty.

	澡
JLPT HSK 3

zǎo
Left: water 氵, right: gather 喿 (variant of birds chirping/twittering 噪 from many mouths 口/品 in the tree 木)
At the water you gather (also with gossips and twitter like beaks in a tree): In the baths.

	洋
JLPT HSK 4

yáng
Left: water 氵, right: sheep 羊 (here: a rippled white wave like the wool of a sheep)
The water can ripple like sheep's (wool) in the vast ocean over which the foreign came.

	落
JLPT HSK 4

là, lào, luò, luō
Top: plant 艹, bottom: 洛 (water 氵and each 各 [= Sitting cross-legged 夂 on a cushion 口 does everybody])
Plants (their leaves) and water-(drops), they all fall down.

	沙
JLPT HSK 4

shā
Left: water 氵, right: few, little 少 (A small 小 stroke ノ is too few)
(In the past, water was never fully pure:) In the water is a little sand.

	温
JLPT HSK 4

wēn
Left: water 氵, right: 昷 (sun 日 and a bowl/plate 皿)
The water in the sunny bowl becomes warm.

	济
JLPT HSK 4

jì
Left: water 氵, right: be in the same level 齐 (A text 文 lays flatly on two vertical sticks 丿|, that are in the same level.)
If the water is the same level (no eddies or rapids), you can easily cross the river.

	油
JLPT HSK 4

yóu
Left: water 氵, right: reason 由 (The sprout/seedling 丨 in the field 田 has its reason)
Water is with reason no oil.

	江
JLPT HSK 4

jiāng
Left: water 氵, right: craftsman 工
(Many cities are located at this river) The 'water', where it is worked, is the: Yangtze (= 长 江).

	流
JLPT HSK 4

liú
Left: water 氵, right: 㐬 ("newborn baby" as a child turned upside down: the child 子 comes with head first, with amniotic fluid 川)
Water as well as a newborn baby's amniotic fluid is flowing.

	染
JLPT HSK 4

rǎn
Top: water 氵, nine 九, bottom: tree 木
You need water (= liquid) in 9 (colors, namely the 7 colors of the rainbow + black/white), obtained from trees, to dye with it.

	深
JLPT HSK 4

shēn
Left: water 氵, right: 罙 (var. or hole 穴, tree 木)
The water hole at the tree is deep.

	浪
JLPT HSK 4

làng
Left: water 氵, right: good 良
Only water makes good waves.

	污
JLPT HSK 4

wū
Left: water 氵, right: deficiency 亏 (one 一, winding seaweed 丂)
For the good water already one (single) seaweed (is enough) to make it dirty.

	漫
JLPT HSK 4

màn
Left: water 氵, right: handsome 曼 (.. when the sun 日 shines on the eyes 罒 with long eyelashes 又)
(It waters the fields:) The water is handsome, because it is: free in spreading and inundating!

	汗
JLPT HSK 4

hàn
Left: water 氵, right: dry 干 (laundry rack)
Water dries like sweat.

	汤
JLPT HSK 4

tāng
Left: water 氵, right simplified from: easy 易 (This shows the warming sun 日 with its shine 勿.)
"Water" is warmed by the sunshine and turns into: a soup.

	消
JLPT HSK 4

xiāo
Left: water 氵, right: alike/resemble sb. 肖 (Small 小 bodies 月 are alike.)
(It evaporates!) Water or alikes can disappear.

	洲
JLPT HSK 4

zhōu
Left: Water 氵, right: prefecture 州 (Sandbanks 丶 in the river 川 separate the prefectures.)
When there is a lot of water at the sandbanks in the river, the prefecture turns into: an island.

	海
JLPT HSK 4

hǎi
Left: water 氵, right: every 每 (every person 人 = has a mother 母) [母 = woman 女 with emphasized swollen breasts : when breast-feeding]
Water is in every ocean.

	激
JLPT HSK 4

jī
Left: water 氵, right: : 敫 (white 白, rest: let go/release 放 [In his side 方 he was striked 攵 until he released] - cf.敫
(During a storm at sea:) When the water is white (= has white foam crests) and into all sides/directions 方 it is striking 攵, it becomes violent.

	演
JLPT HSK 4

yǎn
Left: water 氵, right: 寅 (roof/house 宀, one 一, field 田, eight 八)
The water in the house at the single field is part of the eight perfomances.

	活
JLPT HSK 4

huó
Left: water 氵, right: tongue 舌 (Thousand 千 mouths 口 with tongues)
Water on the tongue gives life and vigor.

	泼
JLPT HSK 4

pō
Left: water 氵, right: to send out 发 (The mountain 山 was drawn by the hand 又 untidy, but (the letter) needs to be sent out.)
When water is 'sent out' it is splashed.

	汁
JLPT HSK 4

zhī
Left: water 氵, right: ten 十 (simplified from 录 - cf. green 绿 where plant fibers 纟 are pressed by hand 彐 and green liquid 水 drips down.)
The water that drops down from the pressing hand is: juice.

	汇
JLPT HSK 5

huì
Left: water 氵, right: embracement 匚
The water is embraced and collected in the confluence.

	测
JLPT HSK 5

cè
Left: water 氵, right: standard, rule 则 (Money 贝 is cut/shared 刂 by rules.)
(Distribution to different fields) For the water we have rules to measure and monitor it.

	渐
JLPT HSK 5

jiān, jiàn
Left: water 氵, right: to chop 斩 (For the vehicle 车/車, use an axe 斤 to chop it)
("Constant dripping wears the stone") Water can "chop", but only gradually. [Or due to rost: Water (damages) vehicles and axes: Gradually and little by little]

	范
JLPT HSK 5

fàn
Here: image of the casting mold with casting channels 艹, casting material 氵 and casting model 㔾
Through the casting channels the molten material flows in the model of the casting mold.

	泪
JLPT HSK 5

lèi
Left: water 氵, right: eye 目
The water in the eye are the tears.

	淡
JLPT HSK 5

dàn
Left: water 氵, right: flames 炎 (2x fire 火)
Water makes the flames: weak and mild.

	潮
JLPT HSK 5

cháo
Left: water 氵, right: dynasty, government 朝 Here: a lake 湖, having the part old: 古 once normal and upside-down to express changing directions
Like a lake 湖 with changing directions are the seawater's tides.

	派
JLPT HSK 5

pài
Left: water 氵, right: affluents (branches of water 水)
Branched like the water of affluents are the schools of thought or fractions.

	泛
JLPT HSK 5

fàn
Left: water 氵, right: short of, lack 乏 (person 人 and 'Z' [A person going zick-zack is lacking sth.])
In the water it's lacking (i.e. the direction): it is floating.

	润
JLPT HSK 5

rùn
Left: water 氵, right: 闰 (gate 门/門 and king 王)
With water the gate of the king became smooth and lubricated.

	治
JLPT HSK 5

zhì
Left: water 氵/水 (here: spring), right: platform 台 (The nose 厶 over the mouth 口 is like a platform)
The spring's water on the platform is healing and controlled by the government.

	滑
JLPT HSK 5

huá
Left: water 氵, right: skeleton, bones 骨 (from top: bone [pictograph of a vertebra], cover 冖, body/flesh 月)
Water on the bones makes them smooth.

	沉
JLPT HSK 5

chén
Left: water 氵, right: superfluous 冗 (A tablecloth 冖 on the table 几 is superfluous.)
In the water, the waste (= that what is superfluous) will sink.

	滚
JLPT HSK 5

gǔn
Left: water 氵, right: 衮 (six 六, nose 厶, clothes 衣)
In the water are six noses and clothes that are boiling.

	浓
JLPT HSK 5

nóng
Left: water 氵, right: peasant 农 (He wears a cover 冖 at the clothes 衣 [because he needs to go out in all weathers])
With the water, the peasant works concentrated and it grows densely.

	沟
JLPT HSK 5

gōu
Left: water 氵, right: hook, sketch 勾 (two hooks 勹, 厶 in engagement)
Water "hooks in" (= aggregates) in the ditch.

	洞
JLPT HSK 5

dòng
Left: water 氵, right: same 同 (Here: see 同 as view into a mining tunnel ロ with beams 一 supporting the walls and ceiling)
A wet mining tunnel is a cave.

	池
JLPT HSK 5

chí
Left: water 氵, right: a twisting creature 也 (i.e. snake, scorpion)
A "water" with snake-like creatures is a: lake.

	浅
JLPT HSK 5

jiān, qiǎn
Left: water 氵, right: two 二 and halberd 戈
Water covering only two halberds is too shallow.

	涂
JLPT HSK 5

tú
Left: water 氵(here: liquid), right: excess/rest 余 (A heap is still on the altar 示 (= to show), thus in excess.)
If liquid is in excess, we can apply it like a salve/ointment.

	湿
JLPT HSK 5

shī
Left: water 氵, right: visible 显 (If the sun 日 is [directly] over a hollow volcanic vent 业, it is visible there)
Water makes a sunny hole (=vent) wet. Or: Water is visible, when (i.e. the floor) is wet.

	漠
JLPT HSK 5

mò
Left: water 氵, right: negative 莫 (sink, go down: The sun 日 is setting between plants 艹, 艹= 大) [sunrise is: 旦 or ]
(Low groundwater level) When the water has sunk, it turns into: a desert.

	涨
JLPT HSK 5

zhǎng, zhàng
Left: water 氵, right: stretch 张 (The bow 弓 is long 长/長 and stretched.)
Wenn the water 'stretches' it rises.

	滴
JLPT HSK 5

dī
Left: water 氵, right: old emperor (mix of emperor 帝 and old 古)
(Due to problems with the prostate gland) Passing 'water', can the old emperor only drop by drop.

	漏
JLPT HSK 5

lòu
Left: water 氵, right: buttocks from the side 尸 and rain 雨
The water on the buttocks is rain but it 'leaks' down.

	滩
JLPT HSK 5

tān
Left: water 氵, right: difficult 难 (By hand 又 to catch a bird 隹 is difficult.)
(There is only salt water at the coast) The water is difficult (to use) if it is from the coast.

	洒
JLPT HSK 5

sǎ
Left: water 氵, right: west 西 (Below the horizon 一 the sun 日 sinks 儿 at the sunset in the west, but here: variant of rain 雨)
Water as 'rain' means to sprinkle.

	源
JLPT HSK 5

yuán
Left: water 氵, right: origin, source 原 (At the cliff 厂, the "small spring" [spring 泉 & small 小] has its origin.)
The water has its origin at the: origin/spring.

	淘
JLPT HSK 5

táo
Left: water 氵, right: package 匋 (wrap 勹, can 缶 [lid and can opener 十 of that can 凵 ])
Use Water, because before enwrapping, the can shall be washed.

	浏
JLPT HSK 5

liú
Left: water 氵, right: 刘 (script, cultur 文 [Image of a folding table for writing a text], knife 刂 [here: two pages])
Like "through the water" you read scripts (2 pages each), when skimming over.

	浇
JLPT HSK 5

jiāo
Left: Water 氵, right: Emperor Tang Yao 尧 (vari. of halberd 戈, variant of table
A water splash (strong like) a halberd on the table: it was poured.

	烫
JLPT HSK 5

tàng
Top: soup 汤 (Water 氵 is made by warming sunshine 易 into: a soup.), bottom: fire 火
The soup from the fire is: hot and you will burn.

	波
JLPT HSK 6

bō
Left: water 氵; right: skin 皮 (Shows the skin 厂 of an animal with a hand 又, that cuts of the skin with a knife 丨)
The water (of the ocean) has a skin and this are the waves.

	混
JLPT HSK 6

hún, hùn
Left: water 氵, right: elder brother, insect 昆 (originally: insect with carapace 日 and legs 比)
(In the past there was no clean water?) Water and insects are mingled / mixed.

	渔
JLPT HSK 6

yú
Left: water 氵, right: fish 鱼/魚 (.. with mouth ⺈, body 田 and tail fin 灬)
Water with fish stands for fishing.

	沃
JLPT HSK 6

wò
Left: water 氵, right: early death 夭 (here: sky/heaven 天)
Water from heaven brings fertility.

	液
JLPT HSK 6

yè
Left: water 氵, right: night 夜 (On the roof 亠 is a person 亻/人 watching the moon 月 during the night.)
Water in the night remains liquid.

	添
JLPT HSK 6

tiān
Top: fertility 沃 (with water 氵from sky, heaven 天), lower right: heart 心
(children are born) With fertility in the heart we will add some.

	浮
JLPT HSK 6

fú
Left: water 氵, right: trust 孚 (To the hand reaching down 爫, the child 子 is trusting.)
Into the water, a hand reaches down for a child that is floating.

	溃
JLPT HSK 6

kuì
Left: water 氵, right: precious, expensive 贵 (A blooming flower [simplf. from 堇] and money 贝 are precious)
Even water, which is that precious is dispersing (=evaporating) AND: Water is precious with: an ulcer/abscess.

	溜
JLPT HSK 6

liū
Left: water 氵, right: remain 留 (The bent person with the sword 刀 shall on the field 田 to remain)
On the water that is remaining, you can slip away.

	滋
JLPT HSK 6

zī
Left: water 氵, right: now, here 兹 (2x mysterious 玄 (part of magnet: 磁, where a upper bracket 艹 holds threads 玄 with hanging stones 石 that are mysterious)
Water is doubly mysterious: It nourishes and lets things grow.

	茫
JLPT HSK 6

máng
Top: grass 艹, bottom: 汒 (water 氵, dead 亡 [coffin in cross section])
Either the grass (smoking) or the water will let us die, which is uncertain.

	泥
JLPT HSK 6

ní, nì
Left: water 氵, right: nun 尼 (buttock from the side 尸, sitting person 匕)
The water, in which the nun is sitting, is muddy.

	泽
JLPT HSK 6

zé
Left: water 氵, right: vertical 圣 (A hand 又 vertically over ground 土)
(The water can not run off) The water keeps it (when the ground is arranged to the vertical) moist and with lustre.

	浑
JLPT HSK 6

hún
Left: water 氵, right: army, military 军 (.. with covered 冖 camouflaged vehicles 车/車)
The water is (after an army has passed through) muddy and unclear.

	泡
JLPT HSK 6

pāo, pào
Left: water 氵, right: wrap 包 (The wrap 勹 itself 己 makes it to be wrapped.)
Water, that 'enwraps', is: foam.

	泄
JLPT HSK 6

xiè
Left: water 氵, right: epoch, lifetime 世
(A dripping faucet/tap?) The water has for ages been leaking.

	洁
JLPT HSK 6

jié
Left: water 氵, right: happy 吉 (simplification of 喜, where the scholar 士 has beans 豆 in the mouth 口 and is happy.)
The water makes you happy, if it is clean.

	泊
JLPT HSK 6

bó
Left: water 氵, right: white 白 (The shine ノ of the sun 日 makes it white)
Where the water is white (= clean) we shall anchor.

	沿
JLPT HSK 6

yán
Left: water 氵, right: var. of valley 谷 (pictograph of a valley opening towards a plain)
The water in the valley: flows along. (that you can have your bath 浴)

	涛
JLPT HSK 6

tāo
Left: water 氵, right: long life 寿 (two skillful hands 手 & 寸 are needed for Sushi 寿司 and you will have a long life)
Water that has a long life, are the: big breaker waves.

	灌
JLPT HSK 6

guàn
Left: water 氵, right: stork 雚 (Between plants 艹 in two ponds ロロ - This bird 隹 is the stork)
Give water to the plants at the ponds (supporting the storks) by irrigation.

	湖
JLPT HSK 6

hú
Left: Water 氵, right: beard, non-Han-person 胡 (Like old 古 flesh 月 are the beards of the non-Han people)
Water and the old moon can be seen in the lake.

	湾
JLPT HSK 6

wān
Left: water 氵, right: to bend 弯 ([The head] becomes reddish 亦/赤, when you are like a bow 弓 when stooping.
Water is reddish in that 'bow', which is: a bay.

	淋
JLPT HSK 6

lín, lìn
Left: water 氵, right: forest 林
With water you'll get a (whole) forest, if you water it.

	溪
JLPT HSK 6

xī
Left: water 氵, right: What? WHERE? 奚 (The down-reaching hand 爫 wants to fish with the thread 糸 something big 大, but: What? Where?)
To get to the water, you need to reach down and it seems like a 'big thread', then it is a rivulet.

	洪
JLPT HSK 6

hóng
Left: water氵, right: together 共 (Put the plants 艹 on the table together.)
The waters together make a flood.

	津
JLPT HSK 6

jīn
Left: water 氵, right: to write 聿 (Here: Hand with stick 丨 poking into the water 二 to measure the depth)
In water, use a stick to measure depth of water at the ferry crossing.

	溶
JLPT HSK 6

róng
Left: water 氵, right: appearance 容 (The roofs 宀 in the valley 谷 are an appearance.)
Water comes from the roof into the valley, because it is melting.

	滥
JLPT HSK 6

làn
Left: water 氵, right: supervise 监 (For the cut bamboo 监 [=knife刂 & half bamboo 竹] is a bowl 皿 for its supervision)
The water must be supervised because of the overflowings.

	浴
JLPT HSK 6

yù
Left: water 氵, right: valley 谷 (Shows a valley that opens into a plain 口.)
The water flows into the valley, where you can have your bath.

	漆
JLPT HSK 6

qī
Left: water 氵, right: 桼 (tree 木, person 人, drip (variation of water 水 with 5 strokes)
From the water/sap of the tree, the person makes five drops of lacquer.

	滞
JLPT HSK 6

zhì
Left: water 氵, right: belt 带 (A belt 一 in 3 positions as a cover 冖 for the cloth 巾)
(To build a pond with a dam/dike) The water within the 'belt' is inhibited & sluggish.

	渠
JLPT HSK 6

qú
Top: water 氵 and: huge 巨 (= staring eye), bottom: tree 木
The water came in huge volumes (and flowed) at the tree into the: ditch.

	涵
JLPT HSK 6

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.

	浸
JLPT HSK 6

jìn
Left: water 氵, right: var. of a hand holding a broom 帚
The water in the broom gets soaked up.

	潜
JLPT HSK 6

qián
Left: water 氵, right: exchange/substitute 替 (The two husbands 夫 are during sunshine 日 (= good times) exchangeable.)
[If you can't see] in the water the two husbands despite the sun[-light], they are submerged or hiding.

	港
JLPT HSK 6

gǎng
Left: water 氵, right: 巷 (together 共, oneself 己) [共 = Put the plants 艹 on the table together.] [己 = Following the winding path I find myself.]
From the waters for reaching the "together" you yourself need to go to: the harbor.

	涌
JLPT HSK 6

yǒng
Left: water 氵, right: 甬 (bent person マ, use/usage 用 [a fence 用 can be used])
Water can bend マ or (overflood) the fence, if it surges up.

	沾
JLPT HSK 6

zhān
Left: water 氵, right: fortune-telling 占 (crack 卜 in the shell 口 of a turtle from which the fortune was told)
If you use water for forturne telling, you need to moisten sth.

	衍
JLPT HSK 6

yǎn
Outside: to walk 行, middle: water 氵
The water "goes" when it is overflowing.

	泣
JLPT HSK 6

qì
Left: water 氵, right: to stand 立
In the water he is standing and cries.

	滨
JLPT HSK 6

bīn
Left: water 氵, right: visitor, guest 宾 (Under your roof 宀 a soldier 兵 is [billeted] as your guest.)
You have water as your "guest", if you (= your premises) is located at: a coast.

	沼
JLPT HSK 6

zhǎo
Left: water 氵, right: to call together 召 (... with the sword 刀 and the mouth 口)
(A pond nearby for the daily water supply) The water that is called together (to clean the sword and mouth) comes from a pond.

	沫
JLPT HSK 6

mò
Left: water 氵, right: end 末 (The top branch 一 of the tree 木 marks the end.)
The water that is at the upper outer ends (of a container) is: foam.

	渗
JLPT HSK 6

shèn
Left: water 氵, right: participate 参 (Where the simplified woman ム with the big 大 hair 彡 is, I like to participate.)
If water participates, it seeped in.

	阔
JLPT HSK 6

kuò
Outside: gate 门/ 門, inside: life, activity 活 (= water 氵on the tongue 舌)
When I leave out of the gate, I get activity in a rich vast way.

	淹
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yān
Left: water 氵, right: suddenly 奄 (i.e lightning stroke: The big 大 electricity 电 comes suddenly.) [electricity 电 = field 田 with lightning arrester 乚]
If the water comes suddenly, then as a flood, where you drown.

	泌
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bì
Left: water 氵, right: certainly 必 (The heart 心 is pierced by a lance ノ - certainly!)
The water will certainly seep out.

	沸
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fèi
Left: water 氵, right: denial, not 弗 (here not etymological: flow water heater with heater coil 弓 and pipes || that are streamed through)
The water in the boiler is boiled.

	涉
JLPT HSK 6

shè
Left: water 氵, right: walk, pace 步 (Stop 止 a little 少 when: walking.)
(The combination of:) "Water and to walk" means: to wade through a water.

	泻
JLPT HSK 6

xiè
Left: water 氵, right: to write 写 (Here: under a cover 冖 somebody '5' sits on a toilet 一)(cf. horse 马)
Like water it comes, at the toilet, when you have diarrhea.

	汹
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xiōng
Left: water 氵, right: fearful 凶 (The mark 㐅 on the container 凵 shows that its content is vicious and fearful.)
Water that is fearful, surges up violently.

	澄
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chéng, dèng
Left: water 氵, right: climb, ascend 登 (The volcano 癶 spits beans 豆: let's ascend it.)
(In dirty water, the dirt settles down, the clear part rises up:) When water is climbing, it becomes clear.

	滔
JLPT HSK 6

tāo
Left: water 氵, right: 舀 (hand reaching down 爫, mortar 臼)
The water will do this, when a hand reaches down into a mortar (filled up to the brim): overflow.

	渡
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dù
Left: water 氵, right: degree, extent 度 (In the house 广 is an object 廿 with which the hand 又 measures x-times the degrees.)
Such waters can, up to a certain extent, be crossed.

	涩
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sè
Left: water 氵, right: blade of a knife 刃 (here: drop 丶), stop 止 (imprint of right foot)
(Rost formation?) The drop of water that stopped (= remained) on the knife was tart (acid) and left a roughness.

	沮
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jǔ
Left: water 氵, right: further/moreover 且 (A pile of stones [= a stone cairn] where moreover stones are added.)
If the water (= the flood) is high as the piled stones, it destroys and we are dispirited.

	溅
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jiàn
Left: water 氵, right: inexpensive 贱 (If you only have money 贝 for two halberds 戋, you live inexpensive)
The water is such inexpensive, that you can splash it.

	渺
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miǎo
Left: water 氵, right: 眇 (variation of economize 省 Only few 少 eyes 目 see, how you economize)
The water should be economized, if you are still far distant.

	汰
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tài
Left: water 氵, right: extreme, highest 太 (Here: big 大 and element 丶)
(At the gold panning?) Using water the big elements can be washed out.

	浊
JLPT HSK 6

zhuó
Left: water 氵, right: insect 虫
Water with insects is impure.

	涕
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tì
Left: water 氵, right: younger brother 弟 (A feathered 丷arrow λ from the bow 弓 of my younger brother)
The "water" of your younger brother is his snivel.

	沧
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cāng
Left: water 氵, right: warehouse 仓 (Under the pointed roof 人 is a roll of cloth 㔾 in the warehouse)
The water at the warehouse was blue-green.

	沛
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pèi
Left: water 氵, right: variant of city 市 (You will get covers 亠 and cloth 巾 in the city on the market.)
(If there is enough) water, the city will flourish: abundantly.

	洽
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qià
Left: water 氵, right: to fit 合 (The lid on the pot 口)
(The water amount for watering/irrigating the fields:) If the water is fitting, then it was agreed on in an accord.

	濒
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bīn
Left: water 氵, right: frequently, often 频 (to go 步, side, head 页/頁 [head 目 with shoulders 八 and eyebrow 一])
The water goes (up to) your head and is thus (really) close to you.

	淀
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diàn
Left: water 氵, right: to settle, to fix 定 (Under the roof 宀, everything is correct 正, if things are settled.)
For water that is covered, it is correct (normal) to form a sediment.

	瀑
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bào, pù
Left: water 氵, right: violence, expose 暴 (The sun 日 together 共 with water 水 exposes the violence.)
Water and the sun (fall) together into the water and form: the waterfall.

	渣
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zhā
Left: water 氵, right: examine 查 (the tree 木 at the sun rise 旦)
When washing 氵 wood 木 on a grid 日, dirt 一 falls down and forms the slag.

	潇
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xiāo
Left: water 氵, right: mugwort 萧 (grass, plant 艹, respectful 肃 (hand writing four lines), here: Hand with stick 丨, stirring sth.)
(The broth is thin:) The water with a few grasses, which the hand stirs, appears deep and clear.

	滤
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lǜ
Left: water 氵, right: to worry about 虑 (The tiger 虍 has a heart 心 that has worries.)
With this water I have worries and I am filtering it.

	淆
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xiáo
Left: water 氵, right: deli food, dishes 肴 (I marked with the cross 㐅, what I want to have 有 from these deli-dishes.)
The water 氵 can cause (at a flood) with things 㐅 I have 有: a mess.

	嗨
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hāi
Left: mouth 口, right: ocean, sea 海 (Water 氵is in every 每 ocean. [every 每 = every person has a mother 母.])
A mouth like an ocean yells: Hey!

	澈
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chè
Left: water 氵, right: give birth, educate 育 (The new born baby [=child 子 upside down, as head first at birth] has a body 月, that is born and raised), stick in hand, strike 攵/攴
If the water is correctly "raised" you can strike through: It is such clear.

	沐
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mù
Left: water 氵, right: tree 木
The water at the tree is for bathing.

	溉
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gài
Left: water 氵, right: already, since 既 (It is not good 艮 with a false tusk 牙, that already since, ..)
Water is not good (suitable) to be used in a false tusk for: irrigation.

	涮
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shuàn
Left: water 氵, right: brush 刷 (The "tail" [= cloth 巾 at the buttocks 尸] is cut刂 and used as a brush) [cf. tail 尾]
Use water and a brush for rinsing.

	鸿
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hóng
Left: big river 江 (= The water 氵where it is built 工), right: bird 鸟/鳥
At the big river is this bird: the large bean goose.

	萍
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píng
Top: plant 艹, bottom: 泙 (water 氵, flat, equal 平)
The plant that is on the water drifting flatly is the: duckweed.

	沦
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lún
Left: water 氵, right: arrange, set up 仑 (When a person 人 turns into a sitting person 匕, it is well arranged.)
In the water a person 人 became a sitting/slumped person 匕: He has sunk and is submerged

	沪
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hù
Left: water 氵, right: sliding door 戸
At the water is this 'sliding door': The harbor-city: Shanghai

	渊
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yuān
Left: water 氵, right: two separators || rice 米
Like water, the rice container 凵 (with open bottom) can be deep (like an abyss).

	潭
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tán
Left: water 氵, right: 覃 (west 覀/西, early, fast 早)
The water in the west, you reach quickly, is the pond.

	涡
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guō, wō
Left: water 氵, right: chat, gossip 呙 (A mouth 口 as big as the chest 内 likes gossip.)
The water rotates 口 inside 内 the: eddy.

	溯
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sù
Left: water 氵, right: new moon 朔 (The disobedient 屰 moon 月 is not shining at new moon) [disobedient 屰 = A plant's 艹 shoot 屮 that grows crooked is disobedient.]
(The moon is between sun and earth and can cause spring tides:) The water at new moon can flow upstream.

	澜
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lán
Left: water 氵, right: railing, balustrade 阑 (At the gate 门/門 is made of wood 木 with handles 日: a railing)
The water at the balustrade is: a swelling water.

	澳
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ào
Left: water 氵, right: obscure 奥 (Under the roof 宀 is rice 米 in big 大 quantities, which is obscure.)
(Here can be dangerous backflows:) The water is obscure in the bay.

	洛
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luò
Left: water 水, right: every 各 (Sitting cross-legged 夂 on a cushion 口 does everybody.)
The waters, yes every, have the river's name: Luò.

	潘
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pān
Left: water 氵, right: foreign 番 (The modified rice 釆 [rice 米 with emphasis ノ] on the field 田 is foreign.)
Use water such that the husk ノ floats at the top and below the rice is on a space/area 田, when: washing the rice.

	溢
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yì
Left: water 氵, right: benefit 益 (Laid 丷 tables with plates 皿 are for him (the restaurant owner) a benefit.)
(because it brings new soil as fertilizer) Water can be of use in case of overflowing.

	湘
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xiāng
Left: water 氵, right: mutually 相 (At the tree 木 you watch 目 mutually.)
The water is (changing) mutually Xiangjiang-river.

	浩
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hào
Left: water 氵, right: to announce 告 (The cow 牛 opens the mouth 口 to announce sth.)
About the water it is announced, if it is vast.

	汪
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wāng
Left: water 氵, right: king 王 (here: water surface 一 with earth 土)
Water that is (mixed) up to its surface with earth is ooze/mud.

	淌
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tǎng
Left: water 氵, right : esteem, to value 尚 (A small 小 house 宀 with a window 口 is furthermore esteemed.)
Water should be esteemed, even if it is only dripping.

	沁
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qìn
Left: water 氵, right: heart 心
The water is close to my heart, even if it: seeps out.

	浙
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zhè
Left: water 氵, right: break 折 (A hand 扌 with an axe 斤 breaks or causes a loss)
The water breaks (i.e. at the waterfalls) in Zhejiang. (famous waterfalls)

	淮
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huái
Left: water 氵, right: bird 隹
The water with birds is the Huai-river.

	汝
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rǔ
Left: water 氵, right: woman 女
Water and women, that is needed by: you!

	淳
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chún
Left: water 氵, right: enjoy 享 (The tall 高 child 子 is enjoying.)
The water can be enjoyed, if it is genuine & pure.

	汀
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tīng
Left: water 氵, right: nail 丁
In the water has only (the depth of) a nail: at a sandbar.

	淫
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yín
Left: water 氵, right: hand reaching down 爫; bundle, burden 壬 (spindle for winding up threads)
Water cools down and a hand imposes a burden against lewdness.

	湛
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zhàn
Left: water 氵, right: extraordinary 甚 (A grain shovel 其 with an extra angle makes it very extraordinary)
The water is extraordinary, if it is deep and clear.

	莎
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shā, suō
Left: growing plant 艹, right: sand, gravel 沙 (In [unclear] water 氵is always a little 少 sand.)
A plant for sandy (grounds) is this: sedge grass.

	涤
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dí
Left: water 氵, right: strip, long thin things 条 (If sb. is sitting with crossed legs 夂 in a tree 木, he appears [from distance] like a long strip.)
(Steady supply of fresh water) Water should flow in long strips when: washing.

	洼
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wā
Left: water 氵, right: piled earth 圭 (twice earth 土)
Water (aggregates) within piled earth in: a depression.

	溺
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nì, niào
Left: water 氵, right: weak 弱 (Two bows 弓 with ice 冫are too weak.)
If you are in the water and get weak, you will drown.

	沌
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dùn
Left: water 氵, right: barracks 屯 (On fertile ground, where growing shoots 屮 pierced the ground 一 they built a barracks.)
If you build in a swamp (= where there is water and grass and shoots) a barracks, things get confused.

	渎
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dú
Left: water 氵, right: to sell 卖 (For ten 十 [coins] the hat 乛 of the leader 头 is sold) [头 = the big 大 with protruding eyes 丶]
(To forward it to the purchaser:) For the water that was sold, we use that: ditch.

	汲
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jí
Left: water 氵, right: to reach 及 (A hand stretched out to reach something 丿)
Water must be reached, if you want to draw it.

	涯
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yá
From left: water 氵, 厓 (cliff 厂, accumulated 圭 earth 土)
Water, a cliff or accumulated earth can (each) be a border.

	漱
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shù
Left: water 氵, right: 欶 (bundle 束, deficient/lack 欠 [A yawning person 人 is lacking sth.])
The water is first in a 'bundle' and then lacks: when rinsing.

	漓
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lí
Left: water 氵, right: to part from 离 (Use the trash 㐫 can for the scorpion 禺 [you see 禸 =hint legs 冂 and the sting 厶], so that it "leaves" us.)
If the water is parting, it is seeping through.

	澎
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péng
Left: water 氵, right: drums 彭 (壴 [twig 十 over bean/drums 豆], right: hair 彡)
When the water is drumming until the hair is slanted, then: it roars.

	沽
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gū
Left: water 氵, right: old 古 (originally: a skull but better as the image of a tomb stone)
If the water is old, we need to buy.