水 shuǐ
- Strokes
- 4
- Radical
- 水 — water, liquid, lotion, juice
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
水源
shuǐyuán
water source
Characters in this word
源 yuán
- Strokes
- 13
- Radical
- 氵 — water
- Made of
- 氵 water 原 source, origin, beginning
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 保护上游水源不仅是环保问题，也关系到整座城市的公共安全。 Bǎohù shàngyóu shuǐyuán bùjǐn shì huánbǎo wèntí, yě guānxì dào zhěng zuò chéngshì de gōnggòng ānquán. Protecting upstream water sources is not only an environmental issue; it also concerns the public safety of the whole city.
- 这条河是附近几个村庄唯一的饮用水源。 Zhè tiáo hé shì fùjìn jǐ ge cūnzhuāng wéiyī de yǐnyòng shuǐyuán. This river is the only drinking-water source for the several nearby villages.
- 工厂不能把废水排进水源附近，这会污染整个地区。 Gōngchǎng bùnéng bǎ fèishuǐ pái jìn shuǐyuán fùjìn, zhè huì wūrǎn zhěnggè dìqū. Factories must not discharge wastewater near the water source; it would pollute the whole area.