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氺

shuǐ
radical_variant

Meanings

  1. 1 water at bottom radical (variant of 水)
  2. 2 bottom form of the water radical, Kangxi #85

Tips

usage
氺 is the rare bottom form of the water radical 水, used when the radical has to anchor a character from below rather than the left as 氵. Most water-related characters prefer left-side 氵, so this glyph is uncommon but worth recognizing in dictionary headers.
history
Exact origin uncertain as a separate codepoint — 氺 is best understood as a layout-driven flattening of 水 for bottom position. The vertical spine of 水 stays but the side spray shortens, letting the radical sit beneath an upper component without overflowing.
usage
Surfaces in characters like 泰 (peace), 求 (request) and 黎 (multitude). For everyday reading, the same water meaning is more reliably signaled by left-side 氵 in 河 (river), 海 (sea), 喝 (drink).

Stroke Order

氺 shuǐ