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shuǐ — water

4 strokes · radical 水 · HSK 1

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Where it comes from

A stream with current lines either side. Squashed to three strokes on the left of a character — 氵 — it marks almost everything wet: 河 river, 海 sea, 泪 tear.

Words it turns up in

水果喝水

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