Read Edit View history 水 shuǐShuǐ HSK1 water Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Depicts the flow of water in a river. Pinyin Separate values with commas shuǐ × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components No items. + Add component Stroke Data 水 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 473, 814 ], [ 500, 795 ], [ 521, 770 ], [ 508, 455 ], [ 507, 91 ], [ 485, 42 ], [ 442, 56 ], [ 371, 91 ], [ 369, 98 ], [ 358, 98 ] ], [ [ 147, 491 ], [ 209, 482 ], [ 354, 512 ], [ 381, 505 ], [ 392, 495 ], [ 384, 459 ], [ 353, 387 ], [ 280, 261 ], [ 187, 160 ], [ 113, 110 ] ], [ [ 737, 682 ], [ 750, 671 ], [ 766, 637 ], [ 721, 583 ], [ 591, 461 ], [ 590, 452 ] ], [ [ 539, 500 ], [ 550, 465 ], [ 618, 387 ], [ 729, 271 ], [ 782, 229 ], [ 820, 207 ], [ 990, 185 ] ] ], "strokes": [ "M 535 506 Q 538 699 560 762 Q 578 793 520 817 Q 486 836 465 830 Q 447 823 463 799 Q 485 771 486 736 Q 490 697 478 121 Q 477 97 463 88 Q 454 81 432 88 Q 407 94 382 99 Q 348 111 351 100 Q 352 93 373 78 Q 440 24 457 -5 Q 476 -41 493 -42 Q 508 -43 524 -7 Q 543 41 541 117 Q 531 294 534 470 L 535 506 Z", "M 154 501 Q 141 501 139 492 Q 138 485 153 477 Q 199 452 227 461 Q 333 489 343 489 Q 359 486 347 456 Q 296 326 249 262 Q 201 190 114 119 Q 99 106 110 103 Q 120 102 141 113 Q 217 153 281 224 Q 342 288 419 454 Q 429 478 441 489 Q 456 501 447 511 Q 437 524 399 537 Q 378 549 336 530 Q 270 509 154 501 Z", "M 590 446 Q 630 476 766 584 Q 787 603 814 615 Q 838 627 825 647 Q 809 666 779 681 Q 752 696 738 692 Q 723 691 729 675 Q 735 639 659 553 Q 620 508 577 459 C 557 436 566 428 590 446 Z", "M 577 459 Q 555 484 535 506 C 515 528 516 494 534 470 Q 756 161 817 160 Q 898 169 967 175 Q 995 178 996 185 Q 997 192 964 205 Q 810 253 753 295 Q 690 346 590 446 L 577 459 Z" ] } 4 strokes 水 Stroke Data (Trad) — JSON { "source": "animcjk", "medians": [ [ [ 462, 822 ], [ 522, 765 ], [ 508, 101 ], [ 477, 11 ], [ 359, 100 ] ], [ [ 146, 491 ], [ 225, 484 ], [ 368, 513 ], [ 400, 490 ], [ 254, 234 ], [ 110, 110 ] ], [ [ 735, 685 ], [ 771, 629 ], [ 584, 452 ] ], [ [ 534, 502 ], [ 649, 354 ], [ 782, 228 ], [ 834, 203 ], [ 989, 188 ] ] ], "strokes": [ "M535,506C538,635 542,722 560,762C569,784 557,800 520,817C496,828 478,835 465,830C452,826 451,815 463,799C477,780 484,760 486,736C487,710 486,505 478,121C477,90 456,84 432,88C415,92 398,94 382,99C339,113 346,98 373,78C419,45 446,15 457,-5C470,-28 481,-41 493,-42C503,-42 513,-31 524,-7C537,25 543,67 541,117C535,236 530,353 534,470C535,494 535,494 535,506Z", "M154,501C145,501 140,499 139,492C138,488 143,483 153,477C183,461 208,456 227,461C297,481 336,490 343,489C353,488 354,477 347,456C298,322 209,203 114,119C87,96 118,102 141,113C282,187 363,335 419,454C426,470 432,482 441,489C450,498 452,505 447,511C440,520 423,527 399,537C384,544 364,541 336,530C292,514 231,506 154,501Z", "M590,446C726,551 753,581 814,615C830,623 834,635 825,647C815,661 798,671 779,681C760,691 747,694 738,692C728,691 725,686 729,675C731,668 729,657 723,645C694,587 628,518 577,459C573,455 585,442 590,446Z", "M577,459C561,475 548,492 535,506C527,514 528,480 534,470C682,264 776,158 817,160C871,164 920,172 967,175C1013,179 994,196 964,205C861,239 790,267 753,295C710,329 656,380 590,446C581,455 581,455 577,459Z" ] } 4 strokes Historical Pronunciations Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss + Add historical pronunciation Sources × Quick add: 漢語多功能字庫季旭昇《說文新證》李学勤《字源》zi.toolsChinese Text Project許進雄《簡明中國文字學》 + Add source Verified Edit Comment (required) Submit Edit Note: The form works without JavaScript but the tag/list editors are simplified.