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RADICAL GROUP

Water radical

Often associated with: water and liquids.

467 indexed characters use this radical form.

Characters indexed under 氵

ào

Macao (abbr. for 澳門|澳门[Ao4men2])

name of a river

bàn

mud

bāng

stream

to pour off (the liquid); to decant; to strain off

used in place names

biàn

name of a river in Henan

bīn

(bound form) water's edge; bank; shore

bīn

to approach

bīn

Chinese character

bīn

Chinese character

to anchor

same as 渤海[Bo2 Hai3], Bohai Sea between Liaoning and Shandong

Poland

cāng

blue-green or azure (of water)

cāng

Chinese character

cáo

to transport (esp. grain) by water

to survey

Chinese character

cén

overflow

chà

branching stream

chán

flow

chán

still (as of water)

chǎn

name of a river in Shaanxi province

chǎn

Chinese character

cháo

tide

chè

clear (water)

chén

to submerge

chéng

clear

chí

pond

chōng

Chinese character

chú

name of a river in Anhui

chún

genuine

cóng

noise of water

còu

Chinese character

cuì

dip into water

cuǐ

having the appearance of depth

dàn

insipid

dàn

tranquil

to wash

Chinese character

a drop

diàn

shallow lake

diàn

Chinese character

diān

abbr. for Yunnan Province 雲南|云南[Yun2 nan2] in southwest China

dòng

cave

disrespectful

Chinese character

to cross

dùn

used in 混沌[hun4dun4]

duò

Chinese character

ěr

Chinese character

France

fán

Chinese character

fàn

(bound form) general

féi

name of a river

fèi

to boil

fén

name of a river

fèn

name of a river

fēng

rainy

to float

(name of a river)

name of a river in Hebei

gài

to irrigate

gàn

name of a river

gǎn

place name

gān

slop from rinsing rice

gǎng

harbor

gōu

ditch

gōu

Chinese character

confused

to buy

guàn

(classical) to boil

guàn

to irrigate

氿guǐ

mountain spring

gǔn

to boil

gǔn

Chinese character

hǎi

ocean

hán

to contain

hàn

Han ethnic group

hàn

perspiration

hàn

Chinese character

hàn

ocean

hàng

a ferry

háo

trench

hào

grand

hào

vast (of water)

river (CL:條|条[tiao2],道[dao4])

to dry

hóng

clear

hóng

flood

lake

short name for Shanghai

Chinese character

bank of a river

Chinese character

surname Hu

huá

to slip; to slide

huái

name of a river

huán

name of a river

huàn

to wash

huàn

to dissipate

huàn

Chinese character

huàn

(of writing, pictures etc) indistinct due to deterioration (water damage etc)

huáng

name of a river

huáng

dye paper

huí

eddying

huì

to remit

huì

drain

huì

vast

hún

muddy; turbid

hún

Chinese character

hùn

muddy; turbid (variant of 渾|浑[hun2])

hùn

privy

huó

to live

surname Ji

to reach

to cross a river

Chinese character

to arouse

jiā

soaked

jiā

Chinese character

jiàn

mountain stream

jiàn

gradual

jiàn

to splash

jiàn

Chinese character

jiàn

Chinese character

jiàn

Chinese character

jiǎn

Chinese character

jiān

to wash

jiàng

flood

jiāng

river

jiāo

to pour liquid

jiāo

Chinese character

jié

clean

jié

Chinese character

jìn

to immerse

jīn

saliva

jìng

Chinese character

jīng

Jing River

jīng

Chinese character

Chinese character

to destroy

juān

brook

jué

Chinese character

jùn

to dredge (a river)

suddenly

thirsty

kuàng

Chinese character

kuì

(bound form) (of floodwaters) to break through a dam or dike

kuì

Chinese character

lái

brook

lái

Chinese character

lài

name of a river

lài

Chinese character

lán

swelling water

lán

Chinese character

làn

overflowing

làn

Chinese character

lǎn

to soak (fruits) in hot water or limewater to remove astringent taste

làng

wave

lào

flooded

lào

Chinese character

to write

lèi

tears

lèi

Chinese character

pattering (of rain)

to drip

Chinese character

name of a river

Chinese character

Lishui River in north Hunan, flowing into Lake Dongting 洞庭湖[Dong4ting2 Hu2]

lián

ripple

lián

Chinese character

lián

name of a river in Hunan

liàn

full of water

liáng

Chinese character

liáo

flooded

liè

pure

lín

to sprinkle

líng

surname Ling

líng

Chinese character

liú

to flow

liú

clear

liú

Chinese character

liū

to slip away

lóng

rapids

lóng

Chinese character

lòu

to leak

old name of a river in Jiangxi

Chinese character

Chinese character

clear (water)

strain liquids

name of a river

Chinese character

to strain

Chinese character

luán

river and county in Hebei Province

lún

to sink (into ruin, oblivion)

lún

Chinese character

luò

name of a river

luò

surname Luo

luò

name of a river

màn

free

mǎn

to fill

滿mǎn

Chinese character

máng

Chinese character

mǎng

vast

mǎo

still water

méi

Chinese character

méi

drowned

méi

brink

měi

to ask a favor of

méng

Chinese character

Chinese character

name of a river, the southern tributary of Miluo river 汨羅江|汨罗江[Mi4 luo2 jiang1]

used in 泌陽|泌阳[Bi4yang2]

Mi river in Hunan, tributary of Xiangjiang 湘江

miǎn

inundation

miǎn

name of a river in Shandong

miǎn

drunk

miǎn

Chinese character

miǎo

(of an expanse of water) vast

miè

Chinese character

mǐn

(bound form) to vanish; to die out; to obliterate

mǐn

(ancient character used in posthumous titles of monarchs)

míng

to drizzle

foam

desert

to bathe

nào

slush

mud

to drown

niè

(literary) alunite (formerly used as a black dye)

niè

Chinese character

nìng

muddy

nìng

Chinese character

nóng

concentrated

nóng

Chinese character

ōu

bubble

ōu

Chinese character

pài

clique

pài

used in 澎湃[peng2pai4]

pàn

(literary) to melt

pān

surname Pan

pāng

rushing (water)

pào

puffed; swollen; spongy

pèi

copious

pén

flowing of water

péng

used in 澎湃[peng2pai4]

pēng

sound of water splashing

luxuriant (of water plants)

piāo

to float

to splash

Chinese character

name of a river

shower (rain)

river bank

extensive

to boil over

name of a river

near

steam

to sob

name of a river

to steep (tea)

Chinese character

paint

qià

accord

qián

Chinese character

qián

hidden

qiǎn

shallow

qiǎn

Chinese character

qiān

marsh

qìn

to seep

qīng

(of water etc) clear; clean

qiú

to swim (bound form)

qiū

marsh

(artificial) stream; canal; drain; ditch (CL:條|条[tiao2])

róng

to dissolve

dilatory

damp

damp

thou

rùn

moist; glossy; sleek

rùn

Chinese character

to sprinkle

Chinese character

astringent

Chinese character

shā

granule

shàn

bamboo fish trap

shān

tearfully

shào

driving rain

shè

(literary) to wade across a body of water

shè

name of a river

shèn

to seep

shèn

Chinese character

shěn

surname Shen

shěn

old variant of 瀋|沈[shen3]

shěn

Chinese character

shēn

old variant of 深[shen1]

shī

Shi, name of river in Xinyang 信陽|信阳, Henan

湿shī

moist

shī

Chinese character

shù

river in Shandong

shù

to rinse one's mouth with water

shù

moisture

shū

(bound form) (of women) gentle; kind; lovely; admirable

shuàn

to rinse

shuǐ

"water" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 85), occurring in 沒|没[mei2], 法[fa3], 流[liu2] etc

stream which returns after branching

river in Shandong

drain dry

sōng

name of a river in Jiangsu Province

sōu

to urinate

name of a river

to go upstream

suī

Chinese character

suī

name of a river

(of clothes) to be soaked with sweat

tài

to discard

tán

deep pool

tān

beach

tān

Chinese character

táng

half congealed

tǎng

to drip

tāng

soup

tāng

Chinese character

táo

to cleanse

táo

to wash

tāo

big wave

tāo

(bound form) to inundate; deluge; torrent

tāo

Chinese character

tears

tián

(literary) smoothly flowing, placid (water)

tiān

to add; to increase; to replenish

tīng

sandbar

tóng

high

to apply (paint etc)

tuān

to rush (of water)

tuó

tearful

depression; low-lying area

wān

bay

wān

Chinese character

wāng

expanse of water

wéi

name of a river in Shanxi

wéi

still water

wéi

name of a river

wéi

Chinese character

wèi

the Wei River in Shaanxi through the Guanzhong Plain 關中平原|关中平原[Guan1 zhong1 Ping2 yuan2]

wěi

name of a river

wēi

drizzle

wèn

Wen River in northwest Sichuan (same as 汶川)

wēn

warm; lukewarm

wēn

Chinese character

fertile

to enrich

eddy

Chinese character

(name of several rivers in China)

dirty

saline land

to wash; to bathe

night tides

name of a river in Hubei

(onom.) sound of rain, sleet etc

creek

xián

saliva

xiāng

abbr. for Hunan 湖南 province in south central China

xiáo

Xiao River in Hebei province

xiáo

confused and disorderly

xiāo

to diminish; to subside

xiāo

(of water) deep and clear

xiāo

Chinese character

xiè

(bound form) to leak out; to discharge; (fig.) to divulge

xiè

to flow out swiftly

xiè

Chinese character

xiè

to get rid of

xiè

(of porridge etc) to become watery

xiè

Chinese character

xiè

mist

xiōng

torrential rush

xiōng

Chinese character

xiù

bromine (chemistry)

to ditch

name of a river

Chinese character

xuán

whirlpool

xuàn

weep

xuàn

wash (color)

xún

truly

xún

name of a river

xún

Chinese character

xùn

high water

border

沿yán

along

yàn

tossing of billows

yǎn

surname Yan

yǎn

to perform (a play etc); to stage (a show)

yān

to flood

yān

(literary) to sink into oblivion

yáng

ocean

yàng

to overflow

yāng

agitated (wind, cloud)

(bound form) a liquid

Yi River, Shandong

licentious, libertine, dissipate

to overflow

ripple

yín

excess

yīn

to soak

yíng

clear

yíng

eddy

yíng

ocean

yǒng

swimming

yǒng

to bubble up

yǒng

Chinese character

yóu

oil

yóu

to walk

fisherman

short name for Chongqing 重慶|重庆[Chong2 qing4]

Chinese character

bath

name of river

silt

yuán

Yuan river in Guizhou and Hunan

yuán

root

yuān

Chinese character

yuān

deep pool

yuè

to cleanse

zǎo

bath

pool

Chinese character

zhā

slag (in mining or smelting)

zhàn

deep

zhān

to moisten

zhǎng

to swell

zhǎng

Chinese character

zhāng

Zhang river in Fujian

zhǎo

pond

zhè

abbr. for Zhejiang 浙江 province in east China

zhēn

river in Guangdong province

zhēn

Chinese character

zhēn

name of a river

zhì

to rule

zhì

sluggish

zhì

Chinese character

zhī

juice

zhōu

continent

zhù

to inject

zhǔ

islet

zhū

surname Zhu

zhū

pool

zhǔn

Chinese character

zhuó

turbid

zhuó

(coll.) to drench

zhuó

Chinese character

zhuó

to wash

涿zhuō

place name

to soak

Chinese character

(bound form) dregs; sediment

black

to grow

Chinese character