"water" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 85), occurring in 沒|没[mei2], 法[fa3], 流[liu2] etc / see also 三點水|三点水[san1 dian3 shui3]

= + : Mnemonic symbol: a bottle of water. Sheldon Shrimp (shu) enjoys a bottle of water (氵) in the Eiffel Tower's living room (ei3). The got the water by scratching (㇀) a blossom (⺀) and catching the leaking dew in a bottle.

氵 character breakdown

Character component without intrinsic meaning

= : Two petals form a blossom, so let's represent ⺀ by a beautiful blossom.
Character component without intrinsic meaning

Mnemonic symbol: a scratch.

Characters with 氵 as component

to swell / to distend

= + : James II of England (zh) accidentally poured a bottle of water (氵) over his spreadsheet (张) in the anglepod's bathroom (ang4) and now it is swelling (涨) to an impressive size.
to rise (of prices, rivers)
to splash / to spill / rough and coarse / brutish

= + : Pinocchio (p) celebrates 泼水节 in front of the observatory (o1). He dips his long hair (发) into a bottle of water (氵) and shakes his head after pulling his hair out again, thereby splashing (泼) water on everybody nearby.
to sprinkle / to spray / to spill / to shed

= + 西 : Socrates (s) bought a new cowboy hat (西) in the ashram (a3), but it is too small, so he sprinkles (洒) some water from a water bottle (氵) on it. He heard that'll make the hat fit he makes it wet and then wears it.
bay / gulf / to cast anchor / to moor (a boat)

= + : Global warming has caused the anthill (an1) to lie directly at the sea. Bender (弯) uses a bottle (氵) as a boat and in front to the anthill, Willy Walrus (w) swims in the water and helps to moore (湾) the bottle.
to mix / to mingle / muddled / to drift along / to muddle along / to pass for / to get along with sb / thoughtless / reckless

= + : Helga Horse (hu) often visits entomology man (昆) in the encampment's bathroom ((e)n4), where he spends his time with (混) his ants which he keeps in a water bottle (氵).
confused / dirty / to mix / muddy / variant of 渾|浑[hun2]
along / to follow (a line, tradition etc) / to carry on / to trim (a border with braid, tape etc) / border / edge

沿 = + + : Maud Younger (y) hides a huge mandarin (口) under a table (几) in the anthill's kitchen (an2). She doesn't want anyone to touch it, so she marks the border (沿) of the forbidden zone using water bottles (氵).
(literary) to wade across a body of water / (bound form) to experience / to undergo / to be involved / to concern

= + : Sherlock Holmes (sh) suspects the five paced viper (步) to have killed an innocent person, so he is looking for it in the elevator's bathroom (e4). The snakes hides in one of the many water bottles (氵), so Sherlock has to wade (涉) through the bottles and the water in order to find the viper (步).
liquid / fluid / Taiwan pr. [yi4]

= + : Maud Younger (y) wanted to empty her chamber pot (夜) in the elevator's bathroom (e4), but she finds the toilet clogged. She'll have to store the liquid (液) in an empty water bottle (氵) instead.
bubble; foam / blister / to soak; to steep; to infuse / to dawdle; to loiter / to pick up (a girl) / to get off with (a sexual partner) / classifier for occurrences of an action / classifier for number of infusions
bubble / foam / blister (i.e. skin bubble) / to soak / to steep / to infuse / to dawdle / to shilly-shally / to hang about / to pick up (a girl) / to get off with (a sexual partner) / classifier for occurrences of an action / classifier for number of infusions

= + : Pinocchio (p) is very thirsty from visiting the aorta. In the bathroom (ao4) he pulls a bottle of water (氵) out of his colorful bag (包). The water is sparkling (泡) water so it has a lot of bubbles (泡).
puffed; swollen; spongy / small lake (esp. in place names) / classifier for urine or feces

Words with 氵

氵 is not used as a component in another word.

Sentences with 氵

氵 currently does not appear in any sentence.