水 shuǐ
- Strokes
- 4
- Radical
- 水 — water, liquid, lotion, juice
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
水灾
shuǐzāi
flood
Characters in this word
灾 zāi
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 火 — fire, flame
- Made of
- 宀 roof 火 fire, flame
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 水灾来了。 Shuǐzāi lái le. The flood has come.
- 水灾很严重。 Shuǐzāi hěn yánzhòng. The flood is very serious.
- 他经历水灾。 Tā jīnglì shuǐzāi. He experiences a flood.