水 shuǐ
- Strokes
- 4
- Radical
- 水 — water, liquid, lotion, juice
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
水流
shuǐliú
flow of water
Characters in this word
流 liú
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 氵 — water
- Made of
- 氵 water 㐬 pennant
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 山谷里的水流很急，游客被提醒不要靠近河边。 Shāngǔ lǐ de shuǐliú hěn jí, yóukè bèi tíxǐng bú yào kàojìn hébiān. The current in the valley is very fast, so visitors are reminded not to go near the riverbank.
- 小溪的水流很清，能看见水底的石头。 Xiǎoxī de shuǐliú hěn qīng, néng kànjiàn shuǐdǐ de shítou. The water of the stream is so clear that you can see the stones at the bottom.
- 我们顺着水流，慢慢划着小船往下游去。 Wǒmen shùnzhe shuǐliú, mànman huázhe xiǎochuán wǎng xiàyóu qù. We went with the current, slowly rowing our little boat downstream.