shuǐ

water; liquid; beverage

HSK 1 #202

Character data

HSK 1
Frequency 202nd character
Radical ⽔ (85.0)
Strokes 4
Index # 117

Definitions

水 shuǐ
  1. 1. water
  2. 2. liquid
  3. 3. beverage
  4. 4. river
  5. 5. additional charges or income
  6. 6. surname Shui
  7. 7. (of clothes) classifier for number of washes

Stroke order

水 stroke order diagram
水 stroke order animation

Words containing 水

Word Meaning
brine; marinade; bittern
Lishui prefecture-level city in Zhejiang
stagnant or listless condition; a pool of stagnant water
mountains on one side and water on the other
to dilute; to water down; watered down
Minamata disease; mercury poisoning in Japan
Ministry of Water Resources (PRC)
ink and wash painting
water and sky merge in one color (idiom)
flooding; water disaster
stream of water (as from a fountain or a faucet)
dripping wet
soluble (in water); solubility
hookah; water pipe; water bong
waterfowl
light green
waterspout (meteorology)
to draw water
slow hard work brings success
Aqua regia
hard water
fig. inhospitable natural environment
to save water
a device for extracting water (such as a centrifuge)
perfumed toilet water; eau de cologne; floral water