CHINESE SCRIPT

CHINESE CHARACTER FORMATION & ETYMOLOGY

 

 

 

 

4 strokes ( )

ㄕㄨㄟ3 (shueij3)

shuǐ

 

水 = water, liquid, lotion, juice; river; liquid; beverage; additional charges or income; (of clothes) measure word for number of washes; Chinese surname => this character (radical 85) is a pictographic representation of flowing water - alternatively it is written , a character in its own right yet only used as a side-radical

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