水
Meaning
- water
- (after a name) ... River
- to swim (used mostly in 会水 and 水性)
Example sentence
烧一点水。
Boil some water.
The character 水
水 draws a stream with the current at either side, and as a radical it narrows to 氵 in 河, 洗 and 汽. 开水 is boiled water, 矿泉水 mineral water, and 水平 is the level water finds — a standard.