Water radical 氵 (shuǐ): 159 characters

body{font-family:sans-serif;max-width:860px;margin:40px auto;padding:0 20px;color:#1a1a2e}Water radical 氵 (shuǐ): 159 characters氵 (shuǐ) is Kangxi radical no. 85, “water”. It also appears as 水 (shuǐ), 氺 (shuǐ). In this form it is written with 3 strokes.Water, mostly written 氵 (shuǐ) 'three dots' on the left, is the radical of rivers, seas, washing, liquids and anything that flows.The characters range from 4 to 20 strokes. 7 of them already appear in HSK 3.0 levels 1–2, and 8 have a full word page of their own.Good ones to start with: 水 (shuǐ) water, 没 (méi) not have / no, 洗 (xǐ) to wash, 河 (hé) river.Characters with this radical4 strokes

水 (shuǐ) - water

5 strokes

汉 (hàn) - Chinese people

永 (yǒng) - forever

汁 (zhī) - juice

汇 (huì) - to remit

6 strokes

汗 (hàn) - perspiration

江 (jiāng) - river

汤 (tāng) - soup / broth

污 (wū) - dirty

池 (chí) - pond

汛 (xùn) - high water

7 strokes

没 (méi) - not have / no

汽 (qì) - steam

求 (qiú) - to seek

沙 (shā) - sand, gravel, pebbles

沉 (chén) - to submerge

泛 (fàn) - to drift, to float

沟 (gōu) - ditch

汰 (tài) - to eliminate

沃 (wò) - fertile

沧 (cāng) - azure

沐 (mù) - to bathe

沛 (pèi) - copious

沏 (qī) - to steep (tea)

汪 (wāng) - vast, extensive, deep

汹 (xiōng) - torrential rush

8 strokes

泳 (yǒng) - to swim, to dive

法 (fǎ) - law

河 (hé) - river

注 (zhù) - to inject

泼 (pō) - to splash

油 (yóu) - oil

泪 (lèi) - tears

浅 (qiǎn) - shallow

沿 (yán) - along

治 (zhì) - to rule

泥 (ní) - mud

泡 (pào) - bubble

泊 (bó) - to moor

波 (bō) - waves, ripples, breakers

沸 (fèi) - to boil

沮 (jǔ) - to stop, to prevent

泌 (mì) - to secrete

沫 (mò) - foam

泣 (qì) - to sob

泄 (xiè) - variant of

泻 (xiè) - to flow out swiftly

泽 (zé) - marsh, swamp

沾 (zhān) - to moisten

沼 (zhǎo) - pond

9 strokes

洗 (xǐ) - to wash

活 (huó) - to live

泉 (quán) - spring

济 (jì) - to aid, to help, to relieve

洋 (yáng) - ocean

洲 (zhōu) - continent

测 (cè) - to survey

洞 (dòng) - cave

浇 (jiāo) - to pour liquid

浏 (liú) - clear

浓 (nóng) - concentrated

派 (pài) - clique

洒 (sǎ) - to sprinkle

洪 (hóng) - flood

洁 (jié) - clean

浑 (hún) - muddy

津 (jīn) - saliva, sweat

洽 (qià) - to mix, to blend, to harmonize

浊 (zhuó) - turbid

10 strokes

海 (hǎi) - sea / ocean

浪 (làng) - wave

流 (liú) - to flow

消 (xiāo) - to diminish

浆 (jiāng) - thick liquid

润 (rùn) - moist

涨 (zhàng) - to swell

浮 (fú) - to float

涉 (shè) - sconcerned, involved

涌 (yǒng) - to bubble up

浴 (yù) - to bathe, to shower, to wash

浩 (hào) - grand

浸 (jìn) - to immerse

涝 (lào) - flooded

泰 (tài) - great, exalted, superior

涛 (tāo) - large waves

涕 (tì) - tears

涂 (tú) - to apply (paint etc)

涡 (wō) - eddy

11 strokes

清 (qīng) - (of water etc) clear

深 (shēn) - deep

淡 (dàn) - insipid

渐 (jiàn) - gradually

涵 (hán) - to wet, to soak

混 (hùn) - to mix

淋 (lìn) - to filter

渠 (qú) - ditch, gutter

淘 (táo) - to wash

添 (tiān) - to add

淹 (yān) - to flood

液 (yè) - a liquid

淀 (diàn) - marsh, swamp

渗 (shèn) - to seep

涮 (shuàn) - to rinse

淌 (tǎng) - to drip

淆 (xiáo) - confused and disorderly

涯 (yá) - border

渔 (yú) - fisherman

渊 (yuān) - abyss, depth

淇 (qí) - a river in Henan province

12 strokes

游 (yóu) - to swim

渴 (kě) - thirsty

温 (wēn) - warm

湖 (hú) - lake

滑 (huá) - to slip

湿 (shī) - wet / damp / moist

渡 (dù) - to cross

港 (gǎng) - harbor

溉 (gài) - to irrigate

溅 (jiàn) - to splash

溃 (kuì) - a flooding river

渺 (miǎo) - vast

湾 (wān) - bay

渣 (zhā) - slag (in mining or smelting)

滞 (zhì) - sluggish

滋 (zī) - to grow

13 strokes

满 (mǎn) - full

滚 (gǔn) - to boil

漠 (mò) - desert

源 (yuán) - root

滨 (bīn) - beach, coast, river bank

滥 (làn) - to flood, to overflow

溜 (liū) - to slip away

滤 (lǜ) - to strain

溶 (róng) - to dissolve

溯 (sù) - to go upstream

滩 (tān) - rapids

滔 (tāo) - torrential, rushing, overflowing

溪 (xī) - creek

溢 (yì) - to overflow

14 strokes

漂 (piāo) - to float

演 (yǎn) - to act

漫 (màn) - free

漏 (lòu) - to leak

滴 (dī) - a drop

漆 (qī) - paint

潇 (xiāo) - deep and clear

漾 (yàng) - to ripple, to undulate

15 strokes

潮 (cháo) - tide

潜 (qián) - hidden

澈 (chè) - clear

澄 (chéng) - clear

澜 (lán) - overflowing

潦 (liáo) - to flood

潭 (tán) - deep pool

16 strokes

澡 (zǎo) - to wash, to bathe

激 (jī) - to arouse

濒 (bīn) - to approach

18 strokes

瀑 (pù) - waterfall, cascade

20 strokes

灌 (guàn) - to irrigate

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Radicals and component data: Make Me a Hanzi by Shaunak Kishore (dictionary.txt, derived from Unihan and CJKlib), used under the GNU Lesser General Public License v3 or later. Make Me a Hanzi LGPL v3

Stroke counts: Make Me a Hanzi graphics.txt, derived from the Arphic PL KaitiM GB and Arphic PL UKai fonts by Arphic Technology, under the Arphic Public License - the same stroke data the animations use. Arphic Public License