三点水

name of "water" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 85) / see also 氵[shui3]

name of "water" radical 氵[shui3] in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 85)

three / 3

point / dot / drop / speck / o'clock / point (in space or time) / to draw a dot / to check on a list / to choose / to order (food in a restaurant) / to touch briefly / to hint / to light / to ignite / to pour a liquid drop by drop / (old) one fifth of a two-hour watch 更[geng1] / dot stroke in Chinese characters / classifier for items

to skim / lightly touching the water (as the dragonfly in the idiom 蜻蜓點水|蜻蜓点水) / skin-deep

surname Shui

water / river / liquid / beverage / additional charges or income / (of clothes) classifier for number of washes