三点水儿 sāndiǎnshuǐr three-dot water radical Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 三点水 三點水 sāndiǎnshuǐ water radical The name of the "water" radical 氵 shuǐ when it appears as a component on the left side of a Chinese character.儿 兒 r particleaffix [erhua suffix] A suffix attached to a word to form a retroflex ending, often indicating a small size, a sense of familiarity, or turning a word into a noun.