水

• 氵 (when used as a left radical)
• 氺 (when used in characters such as 泰)

水 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+0, 4 strokes, cangjie input 水 (E), four-corner 1223₀, composition ⿰𰛄⿺㇏丿(GJKV) or ⿰㇇𰛅(GJKV) or ⿰𰛄⿱丿㇏(HT))

1. Kangxi radical #85, ⽔.

• Appendix:Chinese radical/水
• 㲻, 冰, 𪢿, 𫰖, 㝽, 𡵰, 𢗷, 𤝎, 阥, 𨑾, 𪱹, 㲑, 𤆩, 𤕯, 𡯑, 𬍖, 𦙙, 𤱄, 砅, 𧦋, 𧺵, 𫒎, 𩖱, 𬵆, 𣍤, 𩾼
• 氽, 𠕽, 𡉺, 尿, 𢇤, 𦬭, 𭥚, 𣏶, 𭻅, 㽷, 泵, 𥝸, 𥤼, 𥫸, 𨋈, 𨠊, 㞙, 𩂍, 𤦗, 𦷸, 𠪥, 𥴠, 𢦹, 閖
• 呇, 坔, 𢗨, 𤆲, 畓, 𭖜, 𧥿, 𨋉, 𨠆, 𨥗, 𭪳, 𬠤, 凼, 囦, 䠌, 潁(颍), 頮(颒), 𤸄

• KangXi: page 603, character 1
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17083
• Dae Jaweon: page 992, character 9
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1545, character 1
• Unihan data for U+6C34

• 水 on Wikidata.Wikidata

水 (xuix)

1. hanzi form of xuix
   • 1450, Yang Fu (楊黼), 《詞記山花——咏蒼洱境》:

     煴煊茶水㱔呼𪢂

     Boiling tea water, greeting each other.

Historical forms of the character 水
Shang	Western Zhou	Warring States			Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Bronze inscriptions	Chu slip and silk script	Qin slip script	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Pictogram (象形) – compare 川 (chuān).

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *lwi(j) (“flow; stream”) (Benedict, 1974; Coblin, 1986; Handel, 1998; Schuessler, 2007; STEDT). Cognate with Mizo lui (“stream; brook; river”), Tedim Chin [script needed] (luːi³, “stream; river”), Jingpho lawi (“to flow (as water)”).

Old Chinese 水 (OC lhuiʔ) (minimally reconstructed) is Sino-Tibetan root's endoactive derivation with suffix *-ʔ, meaning "that which is flowing"; its voiceless initial suggests the presence of a nominalizing prefix *k- or *s-. Another derivative from the Sino-Tibetan root is possibly 泫 (OC winʔ, “to flow”) (minimally reconstructed).

Compare also areal etymon Proto-Mon-Khmer *lujʔ ~ luuj() ~ luəj() ~ ləəj() (“to wade; to swim”).

Alternatively, Gong (1995) reconstructs Old Chinese *hljədx and compares it to Tibetan ཆུ (chu, “water”), which STEDT derives from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *tsju (“water; liquid; bodily fluid”). Baxter and Sagart (2014), employing evidence from Proto-Min, reconstructs Old Chinese *s.turʔ and compares it to Proto-Sino-Tibetan *twəj (“to flow; to suppurate”), which is likely related to *m-t(w)əj-n ~ m-ti-s (“water; fluid; to soak; to be wet”) (STEDT). Like Gong (1995), Sagart (2017) compares it to Tibetan ཆུ (chu), but he also compares it to Bodo (India) दै (dwi), Mizo tui, Proto-Karen *thejᴬ, all of which STEDT derives from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *m-t(w)əj-n ~ m-ti-s. Handel deems derivations from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *tsju or *m-t(w)əj-n ~ m-ti-s unlikely because of phonological issues (STEDT).

水

1. water (Classifier: 瓶 m; 樽 c; 滴 m c; 池 m c; 盆 m c; 杯 m c)

   請給我一杯水，謝謝。 [MSC, trad.]
   请给我一杯水，谢谢。 [MSC, simp.]

   Qǐng gěi wǒ yī bēi shuǐ, xièxiè. [Pinyin]

   A glass of water, please.

2. liquid; potion; juice

   口水  ―  kǒushuǐ  ―  saliva

   羊水  ―  yángshuǐ  ―  amniotic fluid

   眼藥水／眼药水  ―  yǎnyàoshuǐ  ―  eyedrop

3. (colloquial, chiefly Singapore, Malaysia) Synonym of 飲料／饮料 (yǐnliào, “beverage”).

   要叫什麼水？／要叫什么水？  ―  Yào jiào shénme shuǐ?  ―  What beverage do you want to order?

   欲叫什物水？ [Hokkien]  ―  Beh kiò sím-mi̍h chúi? [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]  ―  What beverage do you want to order?

4. (archaic) river

   漢水／汉水  ―  Hànshuǐ  ―  the Han River

5. body of water

   水路  ―  shuǐlù  ―  waterway

   三面環水／三面环水  ―  sān miàn huán shuǐ  ―  to be surrounded by (bodies of) water on three sides

6. flood

   發水／发水  ―  fāshuǐ  ―  to flood

7. additional cost or income
8. (dialectal) rain
9. (Cantonese) money

   磅水 [Cantonese]  ―  bong⁶ seoi² [Jyutping]  ―  to pay

   掠水 [Cantonese]  ―  loek^6-1 seoi² [Jyutping]  ―  to obtain money dishonestly

10. (Cantonese) hundred dollars (Classifier: 嚿)

    三嚿水 [Cantonese]  ―  saam¹ gau⁶ seoi² [Jyutping]  ―  three hundred dollars

11. (Cantonese) to fool; to deceive; to misguide
12. to swim

    水性  ―  shuǐxìng  ―  swimming ability

    • 假舟楫者，非能水也，而絕江河。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
      假舟楫者，非能水也，而绝江河。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

      From: Xunzi, c. 3^rd century BCE

      Jiǎ zhōují zhě, fēi néng shuǐ yě, ér jué jiānghé. [Pinyin]

      One who uses a boat, despite not knowing how to swim, can nevertheless cross rivers.

13. (colloquial) lacking substance or power; worthless

    這裡的大學太水了。 [MSC, trad.]
    这里的大学太水了。 [MSC, simp.]

    Zhèlǐ de dàxué tài shuǐ le. [Pinyin]

    The universities here are too weak.

14. Short for 划水 (huáshuǐ, “to shirk; to slack off”).
15. one of the five elements of Wu Xing (五行)
16. (colloquial) Classifier for the number of times clothing was washed.
17. Sui people

    水書／水书  ―  shuǐshū  ―  Shuishu (the traditional writing system of the Sui people)

18. a surname

• See 水/derived terms § Water (Chinese).

• See 水/derived terms § Water (Chinese).

• See 水/derived terms § Water (Chinese).

• See 水/derived terms § Water (Chinese).
• <水> at the Glyph Database from the Institute of History and Language of the Academia Sinica and the Institute of Information Science

(grade 1 “Kyōiku” kanji)

• Go-on: すい (sui, Jōyō)^{←すい (sui, historical)←すゐ (suwi, ancient)}
• Kan-on: すい (sui, Jōyō)^{←すい (sui, historical)←すゐ (suwi, ancient)}
• Kun: みず (mizu, 水, Jōyō)^{←みづ (midu, historical)}
• Nanori: うず (uzu); ずみ (zumi); たいら (taira)^{←たひら (tafira, historical)}; つ (tsu); ど (do); な (na); なか (naka); み (mi); みさ (misa); みつ (mitsu); みな (mina); みん (min); ゆ (yu); ゆく (yuku)

• See 水/derived terms § Kanji.

⟨mi₁du⟩ → */mʲidu/ → /mid͡zu/ → /mizu/

From Old Japanese, from Proto-Japonic *mentu. Cognate with Proto-Ryukyuan *medu.

Possibly cognate with 瑞 (mizu, “freshness, youth”).

Possible cognate with Proto-Tungusic *mū, Jurchen 木克 (mu-ke /muke/), Manchu ᠮᡠᡴᡝ (muke), Goguryeo 買 (*me, “river; water”), Mongolian мөрөн (mörön, “river”), Korean 물 (mul, “water”).

• (Tokyo) みず [mìzú] (Heiban – [0])[1]
• IPA^(key): [mʲizɨᵝ]

水(みず) • (mizu) ^{←みづ (midu)?}

1. water (sometimes cold and/or fresh)

   Synonyms: ウオーター (uōtā), ウォーター (wōtā), (Tsugaru) がっこ (gakko)

   Antonym: 湯 (yu, specifically meaning "hot water")

2. drinking water

   Synonyms: 飲水 (insui, nomimizu), 飲用水 (in'yōsui), 飲料水 (inryōsui)

3. a fluid, liquid

   Synonym: 液体 (ekitai)

4. a flood

   Synonyms: 大水 (ōmizu), 洪水 (kōzui), 出水 (shussui)

5. (sumo) Short for 水入り (mizuiri): halting
6. (sumo) Short for 力水 (chikara mizu): water offered to sumo wrestlers before a bout

Note that, while mizu is the most general Japanese term for “water”, it does refer specifically to “water that is not hot”. Meanwhile, the word 湯 (yu) refers specifically to “hot water”. Consider 水風呂 (mizu-buro, “cold-water bath”), contrasting with 風呂 (furo, “bath”, implying hot water).

• See 水/derived terms § Water (Japanese).

• See 水/derived terms § Water (Japanese).

• See 水/derived terms § Water (Japanese).

水(みず) • (mizu-) ^{←みづ (midu)?}

1. water

• See 水/derived terms § Water (Prefix).

水(みず) • (Mizu) ^{←みづ (midu)?}

1. a female given name
2. a surname

⟨mi₁⟩ → */mʲi/ → /mi/

From Old Japanese.

Typically found in compounds.[2]

水(み) • (mi) 

1. Combining form of みず (mizu) above

• See 水/derived terms § Combining form.

/ɕuwi/ → */suwi/ → /sui/

From Middle Chinese 水 (MC ɕˠiuɪ^X).

Compare modern Mandarin 水 (shuǐ), modern Hakka 水 (súi).

• (Tokyo) す​い [súꜜì] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
• IPA^(key): [sɨᵝi]

水(すい) • (sui) 

1. water: one of the five classical elements in traditional Chinese philosophy and medicine
2. Short for 水曜日 (suiyōbi): Wednesday
3. shaved ice served with flavored syrup

   Synonym: 氷水 (kōrimizu)

水(すい) • (sui) 

1. water
2. body of water
3. fluid, liquid
4. Short for 水素 (suiso): hydrogen

• See 水/derived terms § Water (element).

水(すい) • (Sui) 

1. a female given name

⟨mopi₁⟩ → */mopʲi/ → /moɸi/ → /mowi/ → /moi/

From Old Japanese. Via metonymy from the word 椀, 盌 (moi, “bowl”), from the meaning of “that which goes in the 椀, 盌 (moi, “bowl”)”.[1][2]

• IPA^(key): [mo̞i]

水(もい) • (moi) ^{←もひ (mofi)?}

1. (obsolete) drinking water

• 水(もい)取(とり), 主水(もいとり) (moitori)

• 氷(こおり) (kōri, “ice”)
• 湯(ゆ) (yu, “hot water”)

From Middle Chinese 水 (MC ɕˠiuɪ^X).

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [sʰu]
• Phonetic hangul: [수]

Wikisource 水 (eumhun 물 수 (mul su))

1. Hanja form^? of 수 (“water”). [affix]
2. Hanja form^? of 수 (“Short for 수요일(水曜日) (suyoil, “Wednesday”).”).

• See 水/derived terms § Water (Korean).

• See 水/derived terms § Water (Korean).

水 (ɕy³³)

1. hanzi form of ɕy³³ (water)

水

From Proto-Ryukyuan *mezu.

• IPA^(key): [mid͡zz̩]

水 (hiragana みず, rōmaji mizu or mikɯ)

1. water

• See 水/derived terms § Water (Miyako).

水

From Proto-Ryukyuan *mezu.

水 (hiragana むぃずぃ, rōmaji mïzï)

1. water

水

From Proto-Ryukyuan *mezu.

水 (hiragana みじ, rōmaji miji)

1. water

• “みじ【水】” in JLect - Japonic Languages and Dialects Database Dictionary, 2019.

(grade 1 “Kyōiku” kanji)

• On: しー (shī)
• Kun: みじ (miji, 水)

• See 水/derived terms § Kanji (Okinawan).

From earlier 水 (midu → midzu → mizu), attested in 1711 in the 混効験集 (Konkōkenshū), itself from Proto-Ryukyuan *mezu.

The word underwent a pronunciation change due to the shifting of /u/ to /i/ after alveolar consonants.

Cognate with Japanese 水 (mizu), Old Japanese 水 (mi₁du).

• (Shuri-Naha) み​じ[míꜜd͡ʑì] (Kakō - [1])
• IPA^(key): [mid͡ʑi]

水 (hiragana みじ, rōmaji miji)

1. water

• See 水/derived terms § Water (Okinawan).

• “みじ【水】” in JLect - Japonic Languages and Dialects Database Dictionary, 2019.

水

From Proto-Ryukyuan *mezu.

水 (hiragana むぃでぃ, rōmaji mïdi)

1. water

水 (ɕy³³)

1. hanzi form of ɕy³³ (water)

水: Hán Việt readings: thủy/thuỷ (式(thức)軌(quỹ)切(thiết))[1][2][3][4][5]
水: Nôm readings: thủy/thuỷ[1][2][4][6], nước[2]

1. chữ Hán form of thuỷ (“water”).
2. (uncommon) Nôm form of nước (“water”).

• See 水/derived terms § Water (Vietnamese).

水

From Proto-Ryukyuan *mezu.

Possibly also related to Korean 물 (mul), Middle Korean 밀 (mil, “water”).

• IPA^(key): [miŋ]

水 (hiragana みん, rōmaji min, hiragana みーん, rōmaji mīn)

1. water

• See 水/derived terms § Water (Yonaguni).

水

From Proto-Ryukyuan *mezu.

Possibly also related to Korean 물 (mul), Middle Korean 밀 (mil, “water”).

水 (hiragana みじ, rōmaji miji)

1. water

• See 水/derived terms § Water (Yoron).