氵

See also 水, and 冫

Translingual

Stroke order

Wikipedia

Etymology

Radical form Simplified from 水 (water).

Han character

氵 (radical 85 水+0, 3 strokes, cangjie input XX卜一 (XXYM), 卜一 (YM))

1. water
2. radical number 85

Usage notes

Simplified to 冫 (“ice radical”) in some characters, such as 次 (from 㳄).

Derived characters

• Index:Chinese radical/水
• 酒

Descendants

• 冫 (as simplification, as in 次, from 㳄)

References

• KangXi: not present, would follow page 603, character 1
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17085
• Dae Jaweon: page 996, character 1
• Hanyu Da Zidian: not present, would follow volume 3, page 1545, character 1
• Unihan data for U+6C35

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Japanese

Kanji

氵 (Radical)

1. left "water" radical (みず)

Readings

• Kun: さんずい (sanzui)

Synonyms

• 水

Usage notes

Used only as a radical.

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Mandarin

Hanzi

氵 (pinyin shuǐ (shui3), Wade-Giles ³)

1. 三点水 (sāndiǎnshuǐ), a signific particle with no independent meaning, used in the construction of other characters.

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Vietnamese

Han character

氵 (thuỷ)