How to write 水 (shuǐ, “water”)
水 (shuǐ), an HSK 1 character, means “water”, “... River” and “to swim”. Make Me a Hanzi uses it in 22 other characters, such as 冰 (“ice”), 凼 (“pool”) and 尿 (“to urinate”). On its own it is an HSK 1 word; it also forms 水果 (“fruit”), 水平 (“horizontal”) and 矿泉水 (“mineral water”). Japanese reads it sui, “water”, as a JLPT N5 kanji.
- Pinyin
- shuǐ
- Strokes
- 4
- HSK
- 1
- Radical
- 水 (“water”)
Stroke by stroke
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- Vertical hook ㇚topdownwards
- Horizontal then left-falling ㇇leftrightwards → down and left
- Left-falling stroke ㇒top rightdown and right → down and left
- Right-falling stroke ㇏centerdown and right → rightwards
Japanese and Chinese
Japanese and Chinese draw all 4 strokes in the same order and direction, by our stroke-by-stroke comparison.
水 inside other characters
Make Me a Hanzi count: 22 characters.
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Pinyin and meaning
| Pinyin | Meanings | Traditional | In words |
|---|---|---|---|
| shuǐ third tone | water; (after a name) ... River; to swim (used mostly in 会水 (huìshuǐ) and 水性 (shuǐxìng)); (coll.) lacking in substance; shoddy; (bound form) additional cost; extra income | — | 水果 水平 矿泉水 汽水 |
- HSK 2025 syllabus
- level 1
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- level 1
- HSK 2.0
- in a level 1 word
- Words with it
- 745 in CC-CEDICT
Words with 水
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 水 | shuǐ | water; (after a name) ... River HSK 1 |
| 水果 | shuǐguǒ | fruit HSK 1 |
| 水平 | shuǐpíng | horizontal; level HSK 3 |
| 矿泉水 礦泉水 | kuàngquánshuǐ | mineral water HSK 3 |
| 汽水 | qìshuǐ | soda pop; carbonated soft drink HSK 4 |
| 开水 開水 | kāishuǐ | boiled water; boiling water HSK 5 |
| 水分 | shuǐfèn | moisture content; overstatement HSK 5 |
| 雨水 | yǔshuǐ | rainwater; rainfall HSK 5 |
| 汗水 | hànshuǐ | sweat; perspiration HSK 5 |
| 降水 | jiàngshuǐ | rain and snow; precipitation (meteorology) HSK 5 |
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