水
water / river / liquid / beverage / additional charges or income / (of clothes) classifier for number of washes
水
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㇇
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亅
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丿
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㇏
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Sheldon Shrimp just climbed the Eiffel Tower. He's really thirsty, so he's glad to find a water fountain. After he quenches his thirst, he also finds a snack: A banana is swimming in the water. He never ate a banana before, so he tries a mix of different methods: Putting on a fake beak to pick on the banana, holding it with a finger and peeling it with a crowbar.
水 character breakdown
radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 4) / see 撇[pie3]
Pocahontas (pi-) is eating a banana (丿) in the elevator's living room (-e3).
"vertical stroke with hook" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 6) / see also 豎鉤|竖钩[shu4 gou1]
Mnemonic symbol: 亅 looks like a crowbar. Zeus (ju) is bored and presses all the buttons next to the elevator kitchen's (e2) door with his crowbar (亅).
Right-falling stroke
Mnemonic symbol: this one looks like a finger.
Napoleon (n) is giving you the finger (㇏) in the ashram's bathroom (a4).
Napoleon (n) is giving you the finger (㇏) in the ashram's bathroom (a4).
Character component without intrinsic meaning
This one looks like a beak.
Characters with 水 as component
Words with 水
(bird species of China) bronze-winged jacana (Metopidius indicus)
lit. flowers in a mirror and the moon reflected in the lake (idiom) / fig. an unrealistic rosy view / viewing things through rose-tinted spectacles / also written 水月鏡花|水月镜花
lit. the yamen is strong as iron, the officials flow like water (idiom) / fig. government officials come and go
