污 wū
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 氵 — water
- Made of
- 氵 water 亏 to lose, to fail
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
污水
wūshuǐ
dirty water; wastewater
Characters in this word
水 shuǐ
- Strokes
- 4
- Radical
- 水 — water, liquid, lotion, juice
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
Example phrases
- 污水很臭。 Wūshuǐ hěn chòu. The wastewater smells very bad.
- 别碰污水。 Bié pèng wūshuǐ. Do not touch the dirty water.
- 污水流进河里。 Wūshuǐ liú jìn hé lǐ. Wastewater flows into the river.