Radicals › #85 水
水
水 — the “water” radical
the left-side 氵 (three drops) is everywhere 123 of the JLPT kanji on this site are built with it — recognizing the piece makes them far easier to remember.
Kanji using the 水 radical (123)
決decide, fix法method, law治reign, be at peace派faction, group済settle (debt, etc.), relieve (burden)活lively, resuscitation海sea, ocean求request, want水water減dwindle, decrease演performance, act流current, a sink沢swamp, marsh消extinguish, blow out準semi-, correspond to渡transit, ford深deep, heighten況condition, situation港harbor注pour, irrigate渉ford, go cross満full, fullness湾gulf, bay激violent, get excited浜seacoast, beach河river油oil, fat江creek, inlet清pure, purify源source, origin波waves, billows測fathom, plan洋ocean, sea浮floating, float混mix, blend池pond, cistern温warm永eternity, long汚dirty, pollute沖open sea, offing浦bay, creek渋astringent, hesitate津haven, port泉spring, fountain漁fishing, fishery滞stagnate, be delayed沿run alongside, follow along浴bathe, be favored with浩wide expanse, abundance瀬rapids, current洗wash, inquire into濃concentrated, thick潟lagoon液fluid, liquid滅destroy, ruin泳swim潮tide, salt water泊overnight stay, put up at滑slippery, slide浅shallow, superficial沈sink, be submerged泰peaceful, calm漏leak, escape潜submerge, conceal湖lake湯hot water, bath溶melt, dissolve泣cry, weep涙tears, sympathy浄clean, purify没drown, sink漫cartoon, involuntarily淡thin, faint浸immersed, soak氷icicle, ice沼marsh, lake滝waterfall, rapids漢Sino-, China漂drift, float (on liquid)添annexed, accompany汗sweat, perspire浪wandering, waves湿damp, wet涯horizon, shore滋nourishing, more & more泥mud, mire潔undefiled, pure漠vague, obscure洞den, cave淳pure潤wet, be watered濯laundry, wash沸seethe, boil澄lucidity, be clear溝gutter, ditch洪deluge, flood涼refreshing, nice and cool渦whirlpool, eddy漬pickling, soak汁soup, juice泡bubbles, foam濁voiced, uncleanness沙sand淑graceful, gentle渇thirst, dry up漆lacquer, varnish洲continent, sandbar滴drip, drop汽vapor, steam漱gargle, rinse mouth渓mountain stream, valley湧boil, ferment泌ooze, flow漸steadily, gradually advancing渚strand, beach渥kindness, moisten汐eventide, tide洸sparkling water汰washing, sieving洵alike, truth滉deep and broad (water)澪water route, shipping channel濫excessive, overflow
Radicals (部首, bushu) are the shared building blocks of kanji, used to sort them in every dictionary. Learn the common ones and new kanji stop looking random.