水 is associated with the water radical, numbered 85 in the Kangxi system.
Character shapes to compare#
| Character | Pinyin | Selected meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 河 | hé | river |
| 海 | hǎi | sea |
| 泳 | yǒng | swim |
A visual practice exercise#
Compare the shapes in the table and write each character separately. Treat the grouping as a visual study aid. It does not establish the historical origin of every character or let you infer its pronunciation and meaning without checking a dictionary.
Reference and scope#
The Unicode reference identifies the radical and its number. The words and selected readings are checked against CC-CEDICT. The table above is newly assembled; no Unicode code chart, font file or illustration is reproduced.
Lexical data adapted from CC-CEDICT contributors, distributed by MDBG, release dated 23 October 2026, under CC BY-SA 4.0. Dictionary release.
The related left-side form is 氵. Unicode also documents component variants.