水

Pattern visualization

Examples

1. 请给我一杯水。▶ —
   Please give me a glass of water.
2. 多喝水。▶ —
   Drink plenty of water.

Collocations

Mnemonic

水 shuǐ "water" — pictograph of flowing water. As a radical, becomes 氵 (three-drop water radical), found in 河 hé "river", 海 hǎi "sea", 洗 xǐ "to wash".

Quick check

1. Radical form of 水?

   • 氵 (three drops)
   • 亻 (person)
   • 木 (tree)
   • 心 (heart)