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Chinese Symbol for Water

水
shuǐ

water

4 strokes

Meaning

Water — one of the five elements. Characters with the side form 氵 are usually about water.

Where the character comes from

A picture of flowing water.

Stroke order

Stroke order data: Make Me a Hanzi / hanzi-writer-data (Arphic Public License)

Words with 水

喝水 hē shuǐ to drink water
水果 shuǐguǒ fruit
山水 shānshuǐ landscape

Using 水 in a tattoo or design

A calm, simple character. In the five elements, water is linked to winter and the north.

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