Radical 85

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← 84 Radical +85 (U+2F54) 86 →
(U+6C34) "water"
Pronunciations
Pinyin:shuǐ
Bopomofo:ㄕㄨㄟˇ
Gwoyeu Romatzyh:shoei
Wade–Giles:shui3
Cantonese Yale:séui
Jyutping:seoi2
Pe̍h-ōe-jī:súi
Japanese Kana:スイ sui (on'yomi)
みず mizu (kun'yomi)
Sino-Korean:수 su
Names
Chinese name(s):() 三點水/三点水 sāndiǎnshuǐ
Japanese name(s):水/みず mizu[1]
() 三水/さんずい sanzui
(Bottom) 下水/したみず shitamizu
Hangul:물 mul
Stroke order animation

Radical 85 or radical water (水部) meaning "

strokes. Its left-hand form, , is closely related to Radical 15,
bīng (also known as 两点水 liǎngdiǎnshuǐ), meaning "ice", from which it differs by the addition of just one stroke.

In the

radical
.

is also the 77th indexing component in the Table of Indexing Chinese Character Components predominantly adopted by Simplified Chinese dictionaries published in mainland China, with and being its associated indexing component.

In the Chinese wuxing ("Five Phases"), 水 represents the element Water. In Taoist cosmology, 水 (Water) is the nature component of the bagua diagram kǎn.

Evolution

Derived characters

Strokes Characters
+0 (= 水)
+1 (= -> )
+2 (= 溺) 氿 (= 㳁) (= 沔) SC (= -> ) SC (= 漢)
+3 (= -> ) (=泅) (=流 / 池 / 𣎵 -> ) (=污) JP (=污) SC (=湯)
+4 (= -> ) SC (=洶) 汿 (=汿) (also SC form of 澐) (also SC form of 瀋) (=添) SC (=溝) SC/JP (=沒) JP (=澤) SC (=灃) SC (=漚) SC (=瀝) SC (=淪) SC (=滄) SC (=渢) SC (=溈) (SC form of 滬 / JP form of 濾)
+5 (=濔/沴) 沿 SC (=洩) (=溯) SC (=濘) (=浾) (=汜) SC (=淚) (= -> ) (=澩) SC (=瀧) SC (=瀘) SC (=濼) SC (=瀉) SC (=潑) SC (=澤) SC (=涇) SC (=淺)
+6 泿 SC (=潔) SC (=灑) (=洛) (=涘) SC (= -> ) 洿 SC (=浹) JP (=淨) JP (=淺) SC (=漿) SC (=澆) SC (=湞) SC (=溮) SC (=濁) SC (=測) SC (=澮) SC (=濟) SC (=瀏) SC (=滻) SC (=渾) SC (=滸) SC (=濃) SC (=潯) SC (=濜)
+7 (=汜) (also JP form of 濱) (=漘) 浿 (=滲) (also SC form of -> ) (also SC form of 湧) SC/HK (=涗) SC/JP (=濤) JP (=瀆) SC (=澇) SC (=淶) SC (=漣) SC (=潿) SC (=渦) SC (=溳) SC (=渙) SC (=滌) SC (=潤) SC (=澗) SC (=漲) SC (=澀)
+8 JP (=淚) (= -> ) 涿 SC (=澱) (=淹) (=泦) (=浙) (=㴵) (=清) (=渺) (= -> ) 淿 (=泊) (=淵) (=汶 / -> ) (=淵) JP (=渴) JP (=濟) JP (=涉) SC (=淵) JP (=澀) SC (=淥) SC (=漬) SC (=瀆) (=漪) SC (=漸) SC (=澠) JP (=溪) SC (=漁) (=淵) SC nonstandard (=瀋) SC (=滲)
+9 SC/HK/JP (=溫) (=濡) (= -> ) (=沇) 渿 (=湆) (= -> ) (=洦) (=湫) (=瀍) (=涎) (=淳) (=涅) (=淄) SC/SC (=灣) 湿SC/JP (=濕) JP (=滿) SC (=濚) SC (=潰) (=漨) SC (=濺) (=漵) SC (=漊) (=波) (= -> ) JP (=潑) SC (=滯)
+10 JP (=滯) (=濛) (=渽) (=㳾) (=濕) 溿 SC (=潷) (= -> ) (=淫) JP (=瀧) SC (=灩) SC (=灄) SC (=滿) SC (=瀅) (=漘) SC (=濾) SC (=濫) SC (=灤) SC (=濱) SC (=灘) SC (=澦) (also SC forom of 灕)
+11 SC (=滾) (=浟) 滿 (=涯) (=溉) (=湯) (= -> ) 漿 (=洪) (=滫) (=漱) (=灌) SC (=瀠) SC (=瀟) (=漵) SC (=瀲) SC (=濰)
+12 SC/JP (=潛) (=溱) SC (=瀦) (=潺) 潿 (=澀) (=澄) (=浛) (=溜) (=潸) SC (=瀂) SC (=瀾) (=濘) (=渚)
+13 (=潟) (= -> ) (=浣) 澿 (=浸) SC (=瀨) SC (=瀕)
+14 (=浚) (=濱) (= -> )
+15 (=瀢) (=灒) 濿 瀀 (=瀸) (=澀) (=澄)
+16 (=潛) (=滈) JP (=瀨)
+17 (=淵)
+18 (=法) (=㵐) SC (=灝) (=瀅)
+19 (=灩)
+20 (=瀛)
+21 (=漤)
+22
+23 (=灩)
+24 (=灩) (= -> )
+28
+29

Sinogram

The radical is also used as an independent

Chinese character. It is one of the Kyōiku kanji or Kanji taught in elementary school in Japan.[2] It is a first grade kanji[2]


References

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  2. ^ a b "The Kyoiku Kanji (教育漢字) - Kanshudo". www.kanshudo.com. Archived from the original on March 24, 2022. Retrieved 2023-05-06.

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