Radical family

水 radical character index

shuǐ · water

Dictionary view

15 indexed characters

Characters are grouped by total stroke count so you can narrow the family the same way a traditional radical index works.

4

4 strokes

1 character
水shuǐ

water

5

5 strokes

2 characters
永yǒng

long

氶zhěng

name of a river in Shandong

6

6 strokes

2 characters
汆cuān

to parboil

凼dàng

ditch

7

7 strokes

1 character
汞gǒng

mercury

8

8 strokes

1 character
沓tà

connected, joined

9

9 strokes

3 characters
泉quán

spring, fountain

泵bèng

to pump

泶xué

10

10 strokes

1 character
浆jiāng

pulp, starch, syrup

12

12 strokes

2 characters
淼miǎo

infinity

颍yǐng

a river in Anhui

14

14 strokes

1 character
滎xíng

a county in Henan

15

15 strokes

1 character
漿jiāng

pulp, starch, syrup

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