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water
Radical summary
#85
Kangxi
4
Strokes
#20
Frequency
A flowing water shape; on the left it often becomes three dots 氵.
Often relates to water, liquids, rivers, washing, or wet states.
Trace the radical, simplified, traditional, and variant forms when available.
shuǐ
water
hé
river
xǐ
to wash
The radical 水 has the very common variant 氵 in characters about water and liquids.
What is the radical in the character 河?