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U+6C34, 水
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6C34

[U+6C33]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+6C35]
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U+2F54, ⽔
KANGXI RADICAL WATER

[U+2F53]
Kangxi Radicals
[U+2F55]
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Translingual

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Alternative forms

  • (when used as a left radical)
  • (when used in characters such as )

Han character

(Kangxi radical 85, +0, 4 strokes, cangjie input (E), four-corner 12230, composition 𰛄丿(GJKV) or 𰛅(GJKV) or 𰛄丿(HT))

  1. Kangxi radical #85, .

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 603, character 1
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17083
  • Dae Jaweon: page 992, character 9
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1545, character 1
  • Unihan data for U+6C34

Further reading

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Central Bai

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Noun

(xuix)

  1. hanzi form of xuix
    • 1450, Yang Fu (楊黼), 《詞記山花——咏蒼洱境》:
      煴煊茶㱔呼𪢂
      Boiling tea water, greeting each other.
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Chinese

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Glyph origin

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Pictogram (象形) of water flowing; sometimes written as the variant (e.g., , , and ). Next to a character, it is compressed and stylized into (which is unrelated to ).

Compare (OC *kʰjon) and its variant . Compare also and its cognate 𠂢. See also the bottom part of in its original version ().

Etymology 1

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Pronunciation


Note:
  • cūi - literary (common);
  • cṳ̄ - vernacular (only used in some words as the first syllable).

  • Dialectal data
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Definitions

  1. water (Classifier: m;  c;  m c;  m c;  m c;  m c)
    謝謝 [MSC, trad.]
    谢谢 [MSC, simp.]
    Qǐng gěi wǒ yī bēi shuǐ, xièxiè. [Pinyin]
    A glass of water, please.
       shuǐ   to drink water
       bīngshuǐ   iced water
       lěngshuǐ   cold water
    [Cantonese]   dung3 seoi2 [Jyutping]   cold water
       shuǐ   hot water
       kāishuǐ   boiled water
    [Cantonese]   gwan2 seoi2 [Jyutping]   boiled water
    族館族馆   shuǐzúguǎn   aquarium
       shuǐcǎi   watercolour
       shuǐwēn   water temperature
       shuǐ   rainwater
       hǎishuǐ   seawater
    飲用饮用   yǐnyòngshuǐ   drinking water
    礦泉矿泉   kuàngquánshuǐ   mineral water
    蒸餾蒸馏   zhēngliúshuǐ   distilled water
       shuǐzhá   sluice
    力發電力发电   shuǐlìfādiàn   hydroelectricity
    化合物   tànshuǐhuàhéwù   carbohydrate
       tuōshuǐ   to dehydrate; dehydration
    中毒   shuǐzhòngdú   water intoxication; water poisoning
    雙氧双氧   shuāngyǎngshuǐ   hydrogen peroxide (literally, “water with two oxygen (atoms)”)
  2. liquid; potion; juice
       kǒushuǐ   saliva
       hànshuǐ   sweat
       yángshuǐ   amniotic fluid
       xiāngshuǐ   perfume
    眼藥眼药   yǎnyàoshuǐ   eyedrop
    1. (specifically) molten metal
         tiěshuǐ   liquid iron
  3. (colloquial, chiefly Singapore, Malaysia) synonym of 飲料 / 饮料 (yǐnliào, beverage)
    什麼什么   Yào jiào shénme shuǐ?   What beverage do you want to order?
    什物 [Hokkien, trad. and simp.]
    Beh kiò sím-mi̍h chúi? [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
    What beverage do you want to order?
  4. (archaic, poetic) river
       shuǐ   Yellow River
       Huáishuǐ   Huai River
       shuǐ   Ji River
       Jiāngshuǐ   Yangtze River
       Hànshuǐ   Han River
       Shuǐ Jīng Zhù   The Commentary on the Water Classic
    三千   ruòshuǐsānqiān   vast, uncrossable river
  5. body of water
       shuǐ   waterway
       sān miàn huán shuǐ   to be surrounded by (bodies of) water on three sides
  6. flood
       shuǐ   to flood
  7. additional cost or income
  8. (dialectal) rain
  9. (Cantonese) money
    [Cantonese]   bong6 seoi2 [Jyutping]   to pay
    [Cantonese]   loek6-1 seoi2 [Jyutping]   to obtain money dishonestly
  10. (Cantonese) hundred dollars (Classifier: c)
    [Cantonese]   saam1 gau6 seoi2 [Jyutping]   three hundred dollars
  11. (Cantonese) source of revenue (Classifier: c)
  12. (Cantonese) to fool; to deceive; to misguide
  13. (Cantonese, figurative) wave (event); rush
       shuǐ wěi   the end of a wave
  14. to swim
       shuǐxìng   swimming ability
  15. (colloquial) lacking substance or power; worthless
    這裡大學 [MSC, trad.]
    这里大学 [MSC, simp.]
    Zhèlǐ de dàxué tài shuǐ le. [Pinyin]
    The universities here are too weak.
  16. short for 划水 (huáshuǐ, “to shirk; to slack off”)
  17. one of the five elements of Wu Xing (五行)
  18. (colloquial) Classifier for the number of times clothing was washed.
  19. Sui people
       shuǐshū   Shuishu (the traditional writing system of the Sui people)
  20. a surname
Synonyms
  • (beverage):
Antonyms
  • (antonym(s) of body of water):  /

Compounds

Descendants

Sino-Xenic ():
  • Japanese: (すい) (sui)
  • Korean: 수(水) (su)
  • Vietnamese: thuỷ ()

Others:

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of – see (“(Southern Min) good-looking; pretty; beautiful”).
(This character is a variant form of ).

References

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Japanese

Korean

Lama Bai

Miyako

Northern Amami Ōshima

Okinawan

Okinoerabu

Old Japanese

Southern Amami Ōshima

Southern Bai

Vietnamese

Yonaguni

Yoron

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