The radical 水 (shuǐ) means “water” and is used as a graphical component of Chinese characters.
Written variants: 氵.
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Characters with radical
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洗
(v.) to wash; to develop (photos); to erase (a tape recording, etc.); to shuffle (cards) | (char.) clear (from a charge of guilt); kill everyone, devastate; eliminate, clear away; (lit.) washing utensil
汤
(n.) soup; boiling water; hot spring | (n.) Tang (a surname) | (char.) (of water) flowing
派
(v./n.) send, dispatch; apportion; censure; sect, clique, school of thoughts, faction; pie (western pastry) | (char./m.) style, air; (lit.) river branch; (dialect) stylish; measure word for school of thought, political group, scene, speech etc.
浅
(adj.) (color) light; shallow; superficial; simple, easy; short in time; not intimate; slight | (onomat.) (lit.) gurgle, babble (sound of flowing water)
洒
(v.) sprinkle, spray; spill, scatter
涨
(v.) (of water, prices, etc.) rise, go up | (v.) swell, distend, expand (after absorbing liquid); (of the head) be swelled by a rush of blood
溅
(v.) splash, spatter
淋
(v.) (of liquids) pour, drench; sprinkle | (v.) to filter or strain | (char.) used in certain disease names
溜
(v./adj./adv.) slide, glide; sneak away; go along; (dialect) cast a glance; quick-fry (variant of 熘); smooth, slippery; (dialect) very | (char./m.) rainwater from the roof; eaves gutter; row, line | (adj./n./v.) swift, rapid; vicinity; rapid water current; (dialect) to practice; to fill up or seal (a crack or crevice)
汉
(char.) the Han nationality | (n.) man
没
(adv./v.) not; not have, there is not; be less or fewer than; (in comparison) be not so...as | (v.) sink, submerge; disappear, hide; confiscate, expropriate; (lit.) come to an end
漂
(char.) pretty, remarkable (not used alone) | (v.) bleach; rinse | (v.) float, drift | (v.) (dialect) come to nothing, fall through
汽
(n.) steam, vapour, gas
游
(v.) travel, rove around, wander, play | (v.) swim | (char.) reach, part of a river
泳
(char.) to swim
准
(char.) standard, criteria; (used as a prefix) in some way, partly | (v./prep.) to allow, to permit, to grant; according to, following | (adj./adv./n.) accurate, exact; certain, sure, definite; definitely, surely; certainty
法
(n.) law, regulation; method, approach | (char.) model, standard; to model after, to follow; (Buddhism) Law; magic | (n./m.) (referring to) France, French; (abbr.) farad
净
(char.) net, pure | (n.) painted face role (one of the four main roles in traditional Chinese opera) | (adv./adj./v.) only, all the time; clean; having nothing left; to make...clean
河
(n.) river; Yellow River; Milky Way system, Galaxy
决
(v./adv.) decide; determine; make a breach; to execute (a person); definitely (not...)
清
(adj./v.) (of liquid or gas) clear; clarified; to count; to settle or pay off (debts) | (n.) Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) | (char.) pure, spotless; unmixed; just and honest; quiet, silent; to purify
