Chinese Character Wiki
水

shuǐ

water

Depicts the flow of water in a river.

Evolution

水 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
水 Bronze script Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Bronze script

Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
水 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
水 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
水 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

水  

shuǐ

water, liquid, lotion, juice; water; river; liquid; beverage; additional charges or income; (of clothes) classifier for number of washes

水  

Shuǐ

surname Shui

Most common words with 水
Freq.
Word
Meaning

水

water

水平

standard

水果

fruit

薪水

salary

香水

perfume

Component uses

Meaning component in 14 characters (3 verified)

冰 浆 漿 汞 泵 颍 淼 荥 滎 凼 氽 汆 氶 氹

Iconic component in 6 characters (6 verified)

泉 尿 沓 盥 彔 眔

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*s.turʔ (E dialect: *-r > *-j)

sywijX

shuǐ

water; river


Statistics

HSK level 1

Appears in 81.4192% of movies

334th most common character in movies

202nd most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

4

Unicode

U+6C34

Shuowen

“水，準也。北方之行。象眾水並流，中有微陽之气也。”


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