The Chinese Radical: 氵


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Meaning
Water    氵

Explanation

Used in these characters:
JLPT HSK 1
to submerge, die, not, have not, to end
méi, mò
Left: water , right: (battle axe in a hand )
(You can't swim with that weight:) In the water the one with the battle axe in his hand will: submerge.
JLPT HSK 1
water, liquid
shuǐ
(When used as radical: = Drops of water)
is similar to river .
JLPT HSK 1
man, Han ethnic group, Chinese (language)
hàn
Left: water , right: (once)again (image of a hand) - In the Han dynasty there was an economic boom due to the waterways (= ) and hardworking hands
Water(-ways) and hands for the success of the Han Dynasty.
JLPT HSK 1
to float, to drift, to bleach, elegant
piāo, piǎo, piào
西
Left: water , right: ticket (In the west 覀/西 you show your ticket.) [West: 西 = Below the horizon the sun sinks at the sunset in the west]
On the water is a ticket and it is floating.
JLPT HSK 2
to travel, to swim, to tour, to roam, to walk
yóu
left: water , right: variation of travel 旅 (direction , banner/flag and child )
To the water leads the trip 旅, with a child [instead of clothes ], because is it a trip for swimming.
JLPT HSK 2
steam, vapor

Left: water , right: steam (image of uprising steam)
Also water's steam is steam.
JLPT HSK 2
to wash, to bathe, laundry

Left: water , right: precede, previous (The cow uses the front legs to preceed.)
(Perhaps later for the flowers? - But:) The water it is precedingly used for: washing.
JLPT HSK 2
swimming, to swim
yǒng
Left: water , right: forever, eternally (I emphasise water has been forever.). Here: See the accent as a swimmer
In the water, a person can be for forever (= above the water level ,) when: swimming.
JLPT HSK 3
river

Left: water , right: possible (The nail into the opening should be possible)
(i.e. for water transport) Water that makes things possible, is the river.
JLPT HSK 3
law, method, way, Buddhist teaching

Left: water , right: leave, go away (Below ground is the nose , which has left.)
The water must be left: That's the law!
JLPT HSK 3
clear, pure, to clean up, purge
qīng
Left: water , right: blue, young (Growing plants / appear in the moonshine blue and young.)
Water that is blue (or young) is clear and pure.
JLPT HSK 3
alcohol, wine, liquor
jiǔ
Left: water/liquid , right: wine jar
The liquid in the wine jar is alcohol.
JLPT HSK 3
full, filled, packed, completely
mǎn
Left: water , right: grass/plants , pair/both (Two connected persons are inside , thus both.)
Water and plants, both can make (your stomach) full.
JLPT HSK 3
to pour into, to register, note, comment, to inject
zhù
Left: water , right: master (I emphasize , the king is the master.)
Water for the master: note it and pour it in.
JLPT HSK 3
thirsty

Left: Water , right: interrogation (The mouth with tongue enwraps the person in the corner at the interrogation.) cf. to drink 喝
He wants to drink water, because under the sun a wrapped person is: thirsty.
JLPT HSK 3
bath
zǎo
Left: water , right: gather (variant of birds chirping/twittering 噪 from many mouths / in the tree )
At the water you gather (also with gossips and twitter like beaks in a tree): In the baths.
JLPT HSK 4
ocean, foreign, vast
yáng
Left: water , right: sheep (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.
JLPT HSK 4
to fall, to drop (behind), decline
là, lào, luò, luō
Top: plant , bottom: 洛 (water and each [= Sitting cross-legged on a cushion does everybody])
Plants (their leaves) and water-(drops), they all fall down.
JLPT HSK 4
granule, sand, powder, hoarse, raspy
shā
Left: water , right: few, little (A small stroke is too few)
(In the past, water was never fully pure:) In the water is a little sand.
JLPT HSK 4
warm, temperature
wēn
Left: water , right: 昷 (sun and a bowl/plate )
The water in the sunny bowl becomes warm.
JLPT HSK 4
to cross a river, to aid or relieve, to be of help

Left: water , right: be in the same level (A text 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.
JLPT HSK 4
oil, fat, grease
yóu
Left: water , right: reason (The sprout/seedling in the field has its reason)
Water is with reason no oil.
JLPT HSK 4
big river, stream
jiāng
Left: water , right: craftsman
(Many cities are located at this river) The 'water', where it is worked, is the: Yangtze (= 长江).
JLPT HSK 4
to flow, to drift, to disseminate, to circulate
liú
Left: water , right: ("newborn baby" as a child turned upside down: the child comes with head first, with amniotic fluid )
Water as well as a newborn baby's amniotic fluid is flowing.
JLPT HSK 4
to dye, catch (a disease), contaminate
rǎn
Top: water , nine , bottom: tree
You need water (= liquid) in 9 (colors, namely the 7 colors of the rainbow + black/white), obtained from trees, to dye with it.
JLPT HSK 4
deep, profound, dark (of color)
shēn
Left: water , right: 罙 (var. or hole , tree )
The water hole at the tree is deep.
JLPT HSK 4
(sea) wave, tides, unrestrained, dissipated
làng
Left: water , right: good
Only water makes good waves.
JLPT HSK 4
dirty, filthy, foul, corrupt, to defile

Left: water , right: deficiency 亏 (one , winding seaweed )
For the good water already one (single) seaweed (is enough) to make it dirty.
JLPT HSK 4
free, unrestrained, inundate, overflow by water
màn
Left: water , right: handsome (.. when the sun shines on the eyes 罒 with long eyelashes )
(It waters the fields:) The water is handsome, because it is: free in spreading and inundating!
JLPT HSK 4
sweat, perspiration
hàn
Left: water , right: dry (laundry rack)
Water dries like sweat.
JLPT HSK 4
soup, hot or boiling water
tāng
Left: water , right simplified from: easy (This shows the warming sun with its shine .)
"Water" is warmed by the sunshine and turns into: a soup.
JLPT HSK 4
to disappear, to vanish, to eliminate
xiāo
Left: water , right: alike/resemble sb. (Small bodies are alike.)
(It evaporates!) Water or alikes can disappear.
JLPT HSK 4
island, continent
zhōu
Left: Water , right: prefecture (Sandbanks in the river separate the prefectures.)
When there is a lot of water at the sandbanks in the river, the prefecture turns into: an island.
JLPT HSK 4
ocean, sea
hǎi
Left: water , right: every (every person = has a mother ) [ = woman with emphasized swollen breasts : when breast-feeding]
Water is in every ocean.
JLPT HSK 4
violent, to arouse, to excite, fierce

Left: water , right: (white , rest: let go/release [In his side he was striked 攵 until he released] - cf.
(During a storm at sea:) When the water is white (= has white foam crests) and into all sides/directions it is striking 攵, it becomes violent.
JLPT HSK 4
to perform, to play, to act, to evolve
yǎn
Left: water , right: 寅 (roof/house , one , field , eight )
The water in the house at the single field is part of the eight perfomances.
JLPT HSK 4
to live, alive, activity
huó
Left: water , right: tongue (Thousand mouths with tongues)
Water on the tongue gives life and vigor.
JLPT HSK 4
to splash, to spill, rough and coarse, brutish

Left: water , right: to send out (The mountain was drawn by the hand untidy, but (the letter) needs to be sent out.)
When water is 'sent out' it is splashed.
JLPT HSK 4
juice, gravy, sauce
zhī
Left: water , right: ten (simplified from - cf. green 绿 where plant fibers 纟 are pressed by hand and green liquid drips down.)
The water that drops down from the pressing hand is: juice.
JLPT HSK 5
to converge (of rivers), collection, remit
huì
Left: water , right: embracement
The water is embraced and collected in the confluence.
JLPT HSK 5
to measure, to survey, observe, probe, conjecture, to monitor

Left: water , right: standard, rule (Money is cut/shared by rules.)
(Distribution to different fields) For the water we have rules to measure and monitor it.
JLPT HSK 5
gradually, imbue
jiān, jiàn
Left: water , right: to chop (For the vehicle /車, use an axe 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]
JLPT HSK 5
casting mold, pattern, model, example
fàn
Here: image of the casting mold with casting channels , casting material and casting model
Through the casting channels the molten material flows in the model of the casting mold.
JLPT HSK 5
tears
lèi
Left: water , right: eye
The water in the eye are the tears.
JLPT HSK 5
weak, mild, tasteless, diluted, nitrogen
dàn
Left: water , right: flames (2x fire )
Water makes the flames: weak and mild.
JLPT HSK 5
tide, current, damp, moist
cháo
Left: water , right: dynasty, government Here: a lake 湖, having the part old: once normal and upside-down to express changing directions
Like a lake 湖 with changing directions are the seawater's tides.
JLPT HSK 5
school of thought, fraction, sect, pi=π=3.14
pài
Left: water , right: affluents (branches of water )
Branched like the water of affluents are the schools of thought or fractions.
JLPT HSK 5
to float, non-specific, general, extensive, inundate
fàn
Left: water , right: short of, lack 乏 (person and 'Z' [A person going zick-zack is lacking sth.])
In the water it's lacking (i.e. the direction): it is floating.
JLPT HSK 5
smooth, lubricate, moist
rùn
Left: water , right: 闰 (gate /門 and king )
With water the gate of the king became smooth and lubricated.
JLPT HSK 5
to heal/cure, to rule, to control, government
zhì
Left: water / (here: spring), right: platform (The nose over the mouth is like a platform)
The spring's water on the platform is healing and controlled by the government.
JLPT HSK 5
slippery, smooth, comical, cunning
huá
Left: water , right: skeleton, bones (from top: bone [pictograph of a vertebra], cover , body/flesh )
Water on the bones makes them smooth.
JLPT HSK 5
to sink, to submerge, to immerse, to keep down
chén
Left: water , right: superfluous (A tablecloth on the table is superfluous.)
In the water, the waste (= that what is superfluous) will sink.
JLPT HSK 5
to boil (liquid), to roll, tumble
gǔn
Left: water , right: 衮 (six , nose , clothes )
In the water are six noses and clothes that are boiling.
JLPT HSK 5
concentrated, dense
nóng
Left: water , right: peasant (He wears a cover at the clothes [because he needs to go out in all weathers])
With the water, the peasant works concentrated and it grows densely.
JLPT HSK 5
ditch, gutter, groove, gully, ravine
gōu
Left: water , right: hook, sketch (two hooks , in engagement)
Water "hooks in" (= aggregates) in the ditch.
JLPT HSK 5
cave, hole, cavity, cavern, empty
dòng
Left: water , right: same (Here: see as view into a mining tunnel ロ with beams supporting the walls and ceiling)
A wet mining tunnel is a cave.
JLPT HSK 5
lake, pond, reservoir, moat
chí
Left: water , right: a twisting creature (i.e. snake, scorpion)
A "water" with snake-like creatures is a: lake.
JLPT HSK 5
shallow (water), light (color)
jiān, qiǎn
Left: water , right: two and halberd
Water covering only two halberds is too shallow.
JLPT HSK 5
to apply (salve, paint), to smear, to daub, scribble

Left: water (here: liquid), right: excess/rest (A heap is still on the altar (= to show), thus in excess.)
If liquid is in excess, we can apply it like a salve/ointment.
湿
JLPT HSK 5
moist, wet
shī
Left: water , right: visible 显 (If the sun is [directly] over a hollow volcanic vent , it is visible there)
Water makes a sunny hole (=vent) wet. Or: Water is visible, when (i.e. the floor) is wet.
JLPT HSK 5
desert, unconcerned, indifferent, apathetic

Left: water , right: negative (sink, go down: The plants are made by the sun to be large [= as long shadows] at sunset.) [sunrise is: or ]
(Low groundwater level) When the water has sunk, it turns into: a desert.
JLPT HSK 5
to rise (prices, rivers), to swell, distend
zhǎng, zhàng
Left: water , right: stretch 张 (The bow is long 长/ and stretched.)
Wenn the water 'stretches' it rises.
JLPT HSK 5
a drop, to drip

Left: water , right: old emperor (mix of emperor and old )
(Due to problems with the prostate gland) Passing 'water', can the old emperor only drop by drop.
JLPT HSK 5
to leak, to divulge, to leave out by mistake, funnel
lòu
Left: water , right: buttocks from the side and rain
The water on the buttocks is rain but it 'leaks' down.
JLPT HSK 5
coast, beach, shoal
tān
Left: water , right: difficult (By hand to catch a bird is difficult.)
(There is only salt water at the coast) The water is difficult (to use) if it is from the coast.
JLPT HSK 5
to sprinkle, to spray, to spill, to shed

西
Left: water , right: west 西 (Below the horizon the sun sinks at the sunset in the west, but here: variant of rain )
Water as 'rain' means to sprinkle.
JLPT HSK 5
source, origin (of a river), reason
yuán
Left: water , right: origin, source 原 (At the cliff , the "small spring" [spring & small ] has its origin.)
The water has its origin at the: origin/spring.
JLPT HSK 5
to wash, clean out, cleanse, eliminate, dredge
táo
Left: water , right: package (wrap , can [lid and can opener of that can ])
Use Water, because before enwrapping, the can shall be washed.
JLPT HSK 5
clear, deep (of water), swift, to skim over / to browse
liú
Left: water , right: 刘 (script, cultur [Image of a folding table for writing a text], knife [here: two pages])
Like "through the water" you read scripts (2 pages each), when skimming over.
JLPT HSK 5
to pour liquid, to irrigate/water, to cast (metal)
jiāo
Left: Water , right: Emperor Tang Yao (vari. of halberd , variant of table
A water splash (strong like) a halberd on the table: it was poured.
JLPT HSK 5
hot, to burn, to scald, to iron
tàng
Top: soup (Water is made by warming sunshine into: a soup.), bottom: fire
The soup from the fire is: hot and you will burn.
JLPT HSK 6
wave, ripple, storm, surge

Left: water ; right: skin (Shows the skin of an animal with a hand , that cuts of the skin with a knife )
The water (of the ocean) has a skin and this are the waves.
JLPT HSK 6
mingle, to mix, confused, reckless, muddy
hún, hùn
Left: water , right: elder brother, insect (originally: insect with carapace and legs )
(In the past there was no clean water?) Water and insects are mingled / mixed.
JLPT HSK 6
fishing, to fish, fisherman

Left: water , right: fish 鱼/ (.. with mouth , body and tail fin )
Water with fish stands for fishing.
JLPT HSK 6
fertile, to irrigate, rich

Left: water , right: early death (here: sky/heaven )
Water from heaven brings fertility.
JLPT HSK 6
liquid, fluid

Left: water , right: night (On the roof is a person / watching the moon during the night.)
Water in the night remains liquid.
JLPT HSK 6
to add, to increase, to replenish
tiān
Top: fertility 沃 (with water from sky, heaven ), lower right: heart
(children are born) With fertility in the heart we will add some.
JLPT HSK 6
to float, unstable, superficial, excessive

Left: water , right: trust (To the hand reaching down , the child is trusting.)
Into the water, a hand reaches down for a child that is floating.
JLPT HSK 6
be dispersed, break down, to fester/ulcerate
kuì
Left: water , right: precious, expensive (A blooming flower [simplf. from ] and money are precious)
Even water, which is that precious is dispersing (=evaporating) AND: Water is precious with: an ulcer/abscess.
JLPT HSK 6
to slip away, slide, to skate
liū
Left: water , right: remain (The bent person with the sword shall on the field to remain)
On the water that is remaining, you can slip away.
JLPT HSK 6
to nourish, grow, increase, to suscite, taste

Left: water , right: now, here (2x mysterious (part of magnet: 磁, where a upper bracket holds threads with hanging stones that are mysterious)
Water is doubly mysterious: It nourishes and lets things grow.
JLPT HSK 6
uncertain, vast, without clear boundary, hazy
máng
Top: grass , bottom: 汒 (water , dead [coffin in cross section])
Either the grass (smoking) or the water will let us die, which is uncertain.
JLPT HSK 6
mud, clay, paste, pulp
ní, nì
Left: water , right: nun (buttock from the side , sitting person )
The water, in which the nun is sitting, is muddy.
JLPT HSK 6
moist, wet, lustre (of metals etc), pond, favor

Left: water , right: vertical (A hand vertically over ground )
(The water can not run off) The water keeps it (when the ground is arranged to the vertical) moist and with lustre.
JLPT HSK 6
muddy, unclear, stupid
hún
Left: water , right: army, military (.. with covered camouflaged vehicles /車)
The water is (after an army has passed through) muddy and unclear.
JLPT HSK 6
foam, blister, swollen, spongy
pāo, pào
Left: water , right: wrap (The wrap itself makes it to be wrapped.)
Water, that 'enwraps', is: foam.
JLPT HSK 6
to leak (water, gas, secrets), to drip, drain, disperse
xiè
Left: water , right: epoch, lifetime
(A dripping faucet/tap?) The water has for ages been leaking.
JLPT HSK 6
clean, to purify
jié
Left: water , right: happy (simplification of , where the scholar has beans in the mouth and is happy.)
The water makes you happy, if it is clean.
JLPT HSK 6
to anchor, touch at, to moor

Left: water , right: white (The shine of the sun makes it white)
Where the water is white (= clean) we shall anchor.
沿
JLPT HSK 6
along, following (a line)
yán
Left: water , right: var. of valley (pictograph of a valley opening towards a plain)
The water in the valley: flows along. (that you can have your bath 浴)
JLPT HSK 6
big wave, breaker (wave)
tāo
寿
Left: water , right: long life 寿 (two skillful hands & are needed for Sushi 寿 and you will have a long life)
Water that has a long life, are the: big breaker waves.
JLPT HSK 6
to irrigate, to pour
guàn
Left: water , right: stork (Between plants in two ponds ロロ - This bird is the stork)
Give water to the plants at the ponds (supporting the storks) by irrigation.
JLPT HSK 6
lake

Left: Water , right: beard, non-Han-person (Like old flesh are the beards of the non-Han people)
Water and the old moon can be seen in the lake.
JLPT HSK 6
bay, gulf, to cast anchor
wān
Left: water , right: to bend 弯 ([The head] becomes reddish /, when you are like a bow when stooping.
Water is reddish in that 'bow', which is: a bay.
JLPT HSK 6
to water sth., to sprinkle, drench, to drip
lín, lìn
Left: water , right: forest
With water you'll get a (whole) forest, if you water it.
JLPT HSK 6
rivulet =small river, creek

Left: water , right: What? WHERE? 奚 (The down-reaching hand wants to fish with the thread something big , 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.
JLPT HSK 6
flood, big, great
hóng
Left: water, right: together (Put the plants on the table together.)
The waters together make a flood.
JLPT HSK 6
a ferry crossing, port, saliva
jīn
Left: water , right: to write (Here: Hand with stick poking into the water to measure the depth)
In water, use a stick to measure depth of water at the ferry crossing.
JLPT HSK 6
to melt, to dissolve, soluble
róng
Left: water , right: appearance (The roofs in the valley are an appearance.)
Water comes from the roof into the valley, because it is melting.
JLPT HSK 6
overflowing, excessive, indiscriminate
làn
Left: water , right: supervise (For the cut bamboo [=knife & half bamboo ] is a bowl for its supervision)
The water must be supervised because of the overflowings.
JLPT HSK 6
bath, to bathe

Left: water , right: valley (Shows a valley that opens into a plain .)
The water flows into the valley, where you can have your bath.
JLPT HSK 6
lacquer, paint, varnish

Left: water , right: 桼 (tree , person , drip (variation of water with 5 strokes)
From the water/sap of the tree, the person makes five drops of lacquer.
JLPT HSK 6
inhibit, block, sluggish
zhì
Left: water , right: belt 带 (A belt in 3 positions as a cover for the cloth )
(To build a pond with a dam/dike) The water within the 'belt' is inhibited & sluggish.
JLPT HSK 6
ditch, drain, stream or canal

Top: water and: huge (= staring eye), bottom: tree
The water came in huge volumes (and flowed) at the tree into the: ditch.
JLPT HSK 6
to contain, to include, culvert
hán
Left: water , right: envelope 函 (container , e.g. jug , water )
Water is poured from a jug into the container, which then contains it.
JLPT HSK 6
to immerse, to soak, to steep, gradually
jìn
Left: water , right: var. of a hand holding a broom
The water in the broom gets soaked up.
JLPT HSK 6
to submerge, to dive, hidden, secret, to conceal
qián
Left: water , right: exchange/substitute 替 (The two husbands are during sunshine (= good times) exchangeable.)
[If you can't see] in the water the two husbands despite the sun[-light], they are submerged or hiding.
JLPT HSK 6
harbor, port
gǎng
Left: water , right: 巷 (together , oneself ) [ = Put the plants on the table together.] [ = Following the winding path I find myself.]
From the waters for reaching the "together" you yourself need to go to: the harbor.
JLPT HSK 6
surge up, to bubble up, to rush forth, spill
yǒng
Left: water , right: (bent person , use/usage [a fence can be used])
Water can bend or (overflood) the fence, if it surges up.
JLPT HSK 6
to moisten, to be infected by, to receive favors
zhān
Left: water , right: fortune-telling (crack in the shell of a turtle from which the fortune was told)
If you use water for forturne telling, you need to moisten sth.
JLPT HSK 6
to overflow, to amplify, to spread out, to develop
yǎn
Outside: to walk , middle: water
The water "goes" when it is overflowing.
JLPT HSK 6
to cry, to weep, to sob

Left: water , right: to stand
In the water he is standing and cries.
JLPT HSK 6
coast, beach, shore, bank, to border on
bīn
Left: water , right: visitor, guest (Under your roof a soldier is [billeted] as your guest.)
You have water as your "guest", if you (= your premises) is located at: a coast.
JLPT HSK 6
pond, pool
zhǎo
Left: water , right: to call together (... with the sword and the mouth )
(A pond nearby for the daily water supply) The water that is called together (to clean the sword and mouth) comes from a pond.
JLPT HSK 6
foam, suds

Left: water , right: end (The top branch of the tree marks the end.)
The water that is at the upper outer ends (of a container) is: foam.
JLPT HSK 6
to seep, infiltrate, permeate, to horrify
shèn
Left: water , right: participate (Where the simplified woman ム with the big hair is, I like to participate.)
If water participates, it seeped in.
JLPT HSK 6
rich, wide, vast, broad, expansive
kuò
Outside: gate / 門, inside: life, activity 活 (= water on the tongue )
When I leave out of the gate, I get activity in a rich vast way.
JLPT HSK 6
to flood, to submerge, to drown, delay
yān
Left: water , right: suddenly (i.e lightning strike: The big electricity comes suddenly.) [electricity = field with lightning arrester ]
If the water comes suddenly, then as a flood, where you drown.
JLPT HSK 6
seep out, pour off, secrete

Left: water , right: certainly (The heart is pierced by a lance - certainly!)
The water will certainly seep out.
JLPT HSK 6
to boil, bubbling up
fèi
Left: water , right: denial, not (here not etymological: flow water heater with heater coil and pipes || that are streamed through)
The water in the boiler is boiled.
JLPT HSK 6
to wade (trough a river), to be involved, experience
shè
Left: water , right: walk, pace (Stop a little when: walking.)
(The combination of:) "Water and to walk" means: to wade through a water.
JLPT HSK 6
diarrhea, to flow out swiftly, a torrent
xiè
Left: water , right: to write 写 (Here: under a cover somebody '5' sits on a toilet )(cf. horse )
Like water it comes, at the toilet, when you have diarrhea.
JLPT HSK 6
to surge up violently, tumultuous, turbulent
xiōng
Left: water , right: fearful (The mark on the container shows that its content is vicious and fearful.)
Water that is fearful, surges up violently.
JLPT HSK 6
clear, limpid, to purify, settle (liquid)
chéng, dèng
Left: water , right: climb, ascend (The volcano spits beans : let's ascend it.)
(In dirty water, the dirt settles down, the clear part rises up:) When water is climbing, it becomes clear.
JLPT HSK 6
overflow, inundate, torrent-dash
tāo
Left: water , right: (hand reaching down , mortar )
The water will do this, when a hand reaches down into a mortar (filled up to the brim): overflow.
JLPT HSK 6
to cross, to pass through, to ferry

Left: water , right: degree, extent (In the house 广 is an object 廿 with which the hand measures x-times the degrees.)
Such waters can, up to a certain extent, be crossed.
JLPT HSK 6
tart, acerbity, unsmooth, rough(surface), obscure

Left: water , right: blade of a knife (here: drop ), stop (imprint of right foot)
(Rost formation?) The drop of water that stopped (= remained) on the knife was tart (acid) and left a roughness.
JLPT HSK 6
destroy, dispirited, to stop

Left: water , right: further/moreover (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.
JLPT HSK 6
splash, spatter, spill
jiàn
Left: water , right: inexpensive 贱 (If you only have money for two halberds , you live inexpensive)
The water is such inexpensive, that you can splash it.
JLPT HSK 6
distant and indistinct, vast, tiny (due to distance)
miǎo
Left: water , right: 眇 (variation of economize 省 Only few eyes see, how you economize)
The water should be economized, if you are still far distant.
JLPT HSK 6
to wash out, discard, to eliminate
tài
Left: water , right: extreme, highest (Here: big and element )
(At the gold panning?) Using water the big elements can be washed out.
JLPT HSK 6
impure, turbid, muddy
zhuó
Left: water , right: insect
Water with insects is impure.
JLPT HSK 6
snivel, nasal mucus, tears

Left: water , right: younger brother (A feathered arrow λ from the bow of my younger brother)
The "water" of your younger brother is his snivel.
JLPT HSK 6
blue-green or azure (water), vast (ocean)
cāng
Left: water , right: warehouse (Under the pointed roof is a roll of cloth in the warehouse)
The water at the warehouse was blue-green.
JLPT HSK 6
abundant, copious
pèi
Left: water , right: variant of city (You will get covers and cloth in the city on the market.)
(If there is enough) water, the city will flourish: abundantly.
JLPT HSK 6
accord, to agree, to make contact, in harmony
qià
Left: water , right: to fit (The lid on the pot )
(The water amount for watering/irrigating the fields:) If the water is fitting, then it was agreed on in an accord.
JLPT HSK 6
to be close to, near, to approach
bīn
Left: water , right: frequently, often 频 (to go , side, head 页/ [head with shoulders and eyebrow ])
The water goes (up to) your head and is thus (really) close to you.
JLPT HSK 6
sediment, deposits, precipitate
diàn
Left: water , right: to settle, to fix 定 (Under the roof , everything is correct , if things are settled.)
For water that is covered, it is correct (normal) to form a sediment.
JLPT HSK 6
waterfall, shower (rain)
bào, pù
Left: water , right: violence, expose (The sun together with water exposes the violence.)
Water and the sun (fall) together into the water and form: the waterfall.
JLPT HSK 6
slag (smelting), remainder, dregs
zhā
Left: water , right: examine 查 (the tree at the sun rise )
When washing wood on a grid , dirt falls down and forms the slag.
JLPT HSK 6
deep & clear water, confident and at ease
xiāo
Left: water , right: mugwort 萧 (grass, plant , respectful 肃 (hand writing four lines), here: Hand with stick , stirring sth.)
(The broth is thin:) The water with a few grasses, which the hand stirs, appears deep and clear.
JLPT HSK 6
to filter, to strain, filtrate

Left: water , right: to worry about 虑 (The tiger has a heart that has worries.)
With this water I have worries and I am filtering it.
JLPT HSK 6
mess, confused and disorderly, mixed
xiáo
Left: water , right: deli food, dishes 肴 (I marked with the cross , what I want to have from these deli-dishes.)
The water can cause (at a flood) with things I have : a mess.
JLPT HSK 6
Hey!, Hi!
hāi
Left: mouth , right: ocean, sea 海 (Water is in every ocean. [every = every person has a mother .])
A mouth like an ocean yells: Hey!
JLPT HSK 6
clear (water), thorough
chè
Left: water , right: give birth, educate (The new born baby [=child upside down, as head first at birth] has a body , that is born and raised), stick in hand, strike 攵/
If the water is correctly "raised" you can strike through: It is such clear.
JLPT HSK 6
to bathe, to cleanse, to receive

Left: water , right: tree
The water at the tree is for bathing.
JLPT HSK 6
irrigate
gài
Left: water , right: already, since (It is not good with a false tusk , that already since, ..)
Water is not good (suitable) to be used in a false tusk for: irrigation.
JLPT HSK 6
to rinse, hold briefly into boiling water
shuàn
Left: water , right: brush 刷 (The "tail" [= cloth at the buttocks ] is cut and used as a brush) [cf. tail 尾]
Use water and a brush for rinsing.
鸿
JLPT no HSK
eastern bean goose, great, letter/mail
hóng
Left: big river 江 (= The water where it is built ), right: bird 鸟/
At the big river is this bird: the large bean goose.
JLPT no HSK
duckweed
píng
Top: plant , bottom: 泙 (water , flat, equal )
The plant that is on the water drifting flatly is the: duckweed.
JLPT no HSK
to sink (into ruin, oblivion), to be lost, submerged, perish
lún
Left: water , right: arrange, set up (When a person turns into a sitting person , it is well arranged.)
In the water a person became a sitting/slumped person : He has sunk and is submerged
JLPT no HSK
short name for Shanghai 上海

Left: water , right: sliding door 戸
At the water is this 'sliding door': The harbor-city: Shanghai
JLPT no HSK
abyss, deep, profound, to surge up
yuān
Left: water , right: two separators || rice
Like water, the rice container (with open bottom) can be deep (like an abyss).
JLPT no HSK
pond, pool, pit, profound, depression
tán
西
Left: water , right: 覃 (west 覀/西, early, fast )
The water in the west, you reach quickly, is the pond.
JLPT no HSK
eddy, whirlpool
guō, wō
Left: water , right: chat, gossip (A mouth as big as the chest likes gossip.)
The water rotates inside the: eddy.
JLPT no HSK
to go upstream, to trace the source

Left: water , right: new moon (The disobedient moon is not shining at new moon) [disobedient = A plant's shoot 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.
JLPT no HSK
swelling water, overflowing
lán
Left: water , right: railing, balustrade (At the gate /門 is made of wood with handles : a railing)
The water at the balustrade is: a swelling water.
JLPT no HSK
deep bay, cove, harbor, Australia 澳大利亚
ào
Left: water , right: obscure (Under the roof is rice in big quantities, which is obscure.)
(Here can be dangerous backflows:) The water is obscure in the bay.
JLPT no HSK
several rivers 'Luò'
luò
Left: water , right: every (Sitting cross-legged on a cushion does everybody.)
The waters, yes every, have the river's name: Luò.
JLPT no HSK
water for rinsing rice
pān
Left: water , right: foreign (The modified rice [rice with emphasis ] on the field is foreign.)
Use water such that the husk floats at the top and below the rice is on a space/area , when: washing the rice.
JLPT no HSK
to overflow, to spill over

Left: water , right: benefit 益 (Laid tables with plates are for him (the restaurant owner) a benefit.)
(because it brings new soil as fertilizer) Water can be of use in case of overflowing.
JLPT no HSK
Xiangjiang-river (in Hunan 湖南)
xiāng
Left: water , right: mutually (At the tree you watch mutually.)
The water is (changing) mutually Xiangjiang-river.
JLPT no HSK
grand, vast (water)
hào
Left: water , right: to announce (The cow opens the mouth to announce sth.)
About the water it is announced, if it is vast.
JLPT no HSK
ooze, expanse of water
wāng
Left: water , right: king (here: water surface with earth )
Water that is (mixed) up to its surface with earth is ooze/mud.
JLPT no HSK
to drip, to trickle, to shed (tears)
tǎng
Left: water , right : esteem, to value (A small house with a window is furthermore esteemed.)
Water should be esteemed, even if it is only dripping.
JLPT no HSK
to seep, to percolate
qìn
Left: water , right: heart
The water is close to my heart, even if it: seeps out.
JLPT no HSK
abbr. for Zhejiang 浙江 province in east China
zhè
Left: water , right: break (A hand with an axe breaks or causes a loss)
The water breaks (i.e. at the waterfalls) in Zhejiang. (famous waterfalls)
JLPT no HSK
name of a river, that flows into lake Hongze
huái
Left: water , right: bird
The water with birds is the Huai-river.
JLPT no HSK
you, thou

Left: water , right: woman
Water and women, that is needed by: you!
JLPT no HSK
genuine, pure, honest
chún
Left: water , right: enjoy (The tall child is enjoying.)
The water can be enjoyed, if it is genuine & pure.
JLPT no HSK
sandbar, sandbank, shoal
tīng
Left: water , right: nail
In the water has only (the depth of) a nail: at a sandbar.
JLPT no HSK
lewdness, wanton, lascivious, obscene, depraved
yín
Left: water , right: hand reaching down ; bundle, burden (spindle for winding up threads)
Water cools down and a hand imposes a burden against lewdness.
JLPT no HSK
deep, clear (water)
zhàn
Left: water , right: extraordinary (A grain shovel with an extra angle makes it very extraordinary)
The water is extraordinary, if it is deep and clear.
JLPT no HSK
kind of sedge grass, katydid (family Tettigoniidae)
shā, suō
Left: growing plant , right: sand, gravel 沙 (In [unclear] water is always a little sand.)
A plant for sandy (grounds) is this: sedge grass.
JLPT no HSK
wash, cleanse

Left: water , right: strip, long thin things 条 (If sb. is sitting with crossed legs in a tree , he appears [from distance] like a long strip.)
(Steady supply of fresh water) Water should flow in long strips when: washing.
JLPT no HSK
depression, sunken, swamp, hollow

Left: water , right: piled earth (twice earth )
Water (aggregates) within piled earth in: a depression.
JLPT no HSK
to drown, to indulge, addicted to, to spoil (a child)
nì, niào
Left: water , right: weak 弱 (Two bows with ice are too weak.)
If you are in the water and get weak, you will drown.
JLPT no HSK
confused, turbid
dùn
Left: water , right: barracks (On fertile ground, where growing shoots pierced the ground they built a barracks.)
If you build in a swamp (= where there is water and grass and shoots) a barracks, things get confused.
JLPT no HSK
ditch, to drain, gutter, trouble (some one to do)

Left: water , right: to sell (For ten [coins] the hat of the leader is sold) [ = the big with protruding eyes ]
(To forward it to the purchaser:) For the water that was sold, we use that: ditch.
JLPT no HSK
draw water from well

Left: water , right: to reach (A hand stretched out to reach something 丿)
Water must be reached, if you want to draw it.
JLPT no HSK
border, horizon, shore

From left: water , 厓 (cliff , accumulated earth )
Water, a cliff or accumulated earth can (each) be a border.
JLPT no HSK
to gargle, to rinse one's mouth with water
shù
Left: water , right: (bundle , deficient/lack [A yawning person is lacking sth.])
The water is first in a 'bundle' and then lacks: when rinsing.
JLPT no HSK
seep through, dripping wet, dripping of sweat

Left: water , right: to part from (Use the trash can for the scorpion [you see =hint legs and the sting ], so that it "leaves" us.)
If the water is parting, it is seeping through.
JLPT no HSK
sound of waves, splatter
péng
Left: water , right: drums ( [twig over bean/drums ], right: hair )
When the water is drumming until the hair is slanted, then: it roars.
JLPT no HSK
to buy, to sell, abbr. for Tianjin 天津 (also 津沽)

Left: water , right: old (originally: a skull but better as the image of a tomb stone)
If the water is old, we need to buy.
JLPT no HSK
Yunnan province 云南 in southwest China
diān
Left: water , right: really, truly (The ten eyes see that the table is truely real.) [tool = The eye sees on the table a tool]
The water is real in: Yunnan.
JLPT no HSK
a fence (for defense), a pale, border, vassal state
fān
Top: plant , below: water for rinsing 潘 (water , foreign (The modified rice [= rice with emphasis ] on the field is foreign.)
Plants or water can be against the foreign, a fence or border.
JLPT no HSK
river sludge, to silt up

Left: water , right: [for the pronounciation] 'particle for relation': in, at (direction , person two footsteps)
Where were next to the water, in one direction by a person two footprints left? - In the sludge!
JLPT no HSK
to drip, to strain or filter, a trickle

Left: water , right: past, calendar 历 (The cliff was piled up with force : This is the past and has entered into history)
(The bucket is leaking:) If the water has passed, it has dripped out.
JLPT no HSK
wash (color)
xuàn
Left: water , right: announce (At the roof [= highest point] with a first sun ray the sunrise is announced.)
With the water you announce a watery color.
JLPT no HSK
the Wei river in Shaanxi through the Guanzhong 关中 plain
wèi
Left: water , right: stomach (.. from field into this bodypart /)
The water wound like a stomach is the: river Wei.
JLPT no HSK
edge, brink, hem
méi
Left: water , right: eyebrow (The eye is framed by an eyebrow.)
(So that the water (= sweat) does not flow into the eyes.) Against the water, the eyebrows form an edge or hem.
JLPT no HSK
to change, abbr. for Chongqing 重庆

Left: water , right: to assent, approve (When the arrowhead gets into the body / to cut , I am assenting. [cf. arrow 箭])
(It flows as it wants:) Water assents to change.
JLPT no HSK
(name of a river)

Left: water , right: 甾 (wild river , rice field )
This water as a wild river at the rice fileds.
JLPT no HSK
wet, dripping, filter, strain liquids

鹿
Left: water , right: deer 鹿 (orig. pictograph of a deer)
(They do not like to drink from rivers) The water for the deers is where it is drippingly wet.
JLPT no HSK
shark
shā
Top: sand, gravel 沙 (in [unclear] water is always a little sand), bottom: fish 鱼/
In the sandy water is this fish: the shark.
JLPT no HSK
ocean, vastness
hàn
Left: water , right: writing brush 翰 (At sunrise the person takes the feather as writing brush) Here: similar to tides: 潮 (Like a lake 湖 with changing directions [once old: and also mirrored] the tides=潮)
The waters of the tides, where the waves are like feathers : on the ocean.
JLPT no HSK
ripples on water, swirling, small wave

Left: water , right: 猗 (wild animal , strange, odd ) [ = It is a big possibility but it looks strange.]
Water, which is like a wild animal, so strange, is a small rippled wave.
JLPT no HSK
to ripple (water), to overflow
yàng
Left: water , right: eternal, forever 羕 (sheep , eternal [= I emphasise Water has been forever.]) Here: as ripples on the water
Water like (wool from) sheep rippling on the water is: rippling. Or: In the ocean 洋 the eternal water / is rippling.
JLPT no HSK
eddy
xuán
Left: water , right: turn, revolve (The side of the lying person is okay , but he has to be turned [because of bed sores?])
Water, that revolves is an eddy.
JLPT no HSK
Wen River in northwest Sichuan
wèn
Left: water , right: text/language
The water of the texts: the Wen-River.
JLPT no HSK
to blacken, black mud
niè
Left: water , right: 圼 (varifica. of black [without fire], which shows the underside of a pot that has been blackened by fire )
With water and the black of a pot, you can stain black.
JLPT no HSK
bullrush, divers reed grasses

Top: growing plant , below: (water , just now [(A hand for holding an item is what I need just now)])
The plant from the water, I just need is this: reed grass.
JLPT no HSK
to submerge, to sink, immerse, to lower, drop, variant of 沉
chén, shěn
Left: water , right: (big person with broken arms and a broken leg )
In the water is sb. with broken limbs, who will submerge!
JLPT no HSK
flooded, heavy rain, careless, puddle
lǎo, liáo
Left: water , right: (big , out of , day , small )
If water comes in big (volumes for a) day over the small, it will: be flooded.
JLPT no HSK
gentle and virtuous, wise
shū
Left: water , right: younger uncle (pepper plant , hand )
When spreading water on the pepper plants by hand , you are gentle and virtuous.
JLPT no HSK
to deepen (e.g. a ditch), excavate, extract
jùn
Left: water , right: to dawdle = go slowly or to stay (nose , legs , upturned foot )
When water shall stay there, we need to excavate.
JLPT no HSK
high water, flood, to sprinkle water
xùn
Left: water , right: 卂 (cf. to fly 飞 [simplified from ], which shows a flying crane)
(when hunting swimming mice) This water (loves) the crane: the high water of a flood.
JLPT no HSK
Bohai Sea 渤海 (coast close to Beijing)

Left: water , right: flourishing, prosperous 勃 (Ten symbols 字 of his strength are flourishing suddenly.)
The water is prosperous: at the Bohai Sea.
JLPT no HSK
name of a river
fén
Left: water , right: to divide (... with the sword in 8 pieces)
The water is divided in this river.
JLPT no HSK
saliva, shamelessly
xián
Left: water , right: spread, extend (This movement is correct for: spreading or extending)
Water that can spread, is: saliva.
JLPT no HSK
to soak, penetrate, to be stained, floodwater

Left: water , right: responsibility (Growing plants and money /貝 mean responsibility)
Water has the responsibility (= property) that it can soak.
JLPT no HSK
Yi River, Shandong

Left: water , right: axe
The water of an axe is the Yi-River.
JLPT no HSK
shore, bank of a river

Left: water , right: to allow 许 (Word / at noon are allowed)
(For non-swimmers:) The water is allowed at: the shore.
JLPT no HSK
Zhang river in Fujian
zhāng
Left: water , right: medal (Get up early to get a medal.)
The water with a medal: The Zhang-river.
JLPT no HSK
sound of waves, surge, overwhelming, stormily
pài
Left: water , right: to pray, worship 拜 (With your hand and the prayer drum, you pray & pay respect)
Water is to be worshipped when it surges stormily.
JLPT no HSK
mountain stream, brook
jiàn
Left: water , right: between, gap (The sun shines though the gate /門 due to a gap.)
The water that flows for a day through a gate (here: gorge) is a: mountain stream.
JLPT no HSK
disperse expansive (of river), spread
huàn
Left: water , right: great/brilliant (shows a woman giving birth; better recognizable in 渙 with: head , two breasts ハ and spread legs )
Water is brilliant [better: it "gives birth"], when it disperses.
JLPT no HSK
to rush (of water), rapid
tuān
Left: water , right: concentrated (like a mountain of beards )
The water is concentrated in a water's rush/rapid.
JLPT no HSK
to dry, to dry up

Left: water , right: hard, solid (Many things [i.e. vegetable, roots] with age get hard.)
(In respect to) the water sth. became hard/rigid, because it dried up.
JLPT no HSK
reuse (trap for fish)
shàn
Left: water , right: mountain (here: image of a fish trap with holding rope )
It's in the water and looks like a fish trap.
JLPT no HSK
extensive, widespread, pervading, vast

Left: water , right: to announce (just now with skillful hands )
The water announces that it is extensively widespread.
JLPT no HSK
seaweed, aquatic grasses, elegant
zǎo
Top: plant , bottom: bath 澡 (in the water you assemble for a bath.) [assemble = three beaks of birds assembled in a tree ]
Plants that are assembled in the water is: seaweed.
JLPT no HSK
ripple, tearful, flowing water, weeping
lián
Left: water , right: to link, combine (Vehicles /車 and 'movement' are linked.)
Water can combine to rippling waves or weeping.
JLPT no HSK
ocean
yíng
Left: water , right: 嬴 (to die , mouth , woman , body , ordinary )
(e.g.: to trade) With the water one can make (amended) profit 赢: over the sea.
JLPT no HSK
muddy, miry, stagnant
nìng
Left: water , right: peace, calm (If the roof is built with nails , you have your peace.)
When water finds its 'peace' (= it is resting), is becomes: muddy.
JLPT no HSK
slush, mud
nào
Left: water , right: excellent ([Before the day happens:] Fortune telling early at the morning is excellent.) Here: see as a variation of the traditional character for vehicle 車, which comprised an axle , a loading area and two wheels (seen from above)
Due to the water, half of a wheel of the vehicle 車 and the middle of the axle are already immersed: into the slush.
JLPT no HSK
river bank, shore

Left: water , right: just now (A hand for holding an item is what I need just now)
Water is just now at the river bank.

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