The oracle bone inscriptions of water, bronze inscriptions, large seal scripts, small seal scripts, official scripts, running scripts, regular scripts, cursive scripts and other writings are shown in the figure below:
Usage of water character:
1. Noun: rivers, rivers, lakes and oceans. Group words such as: aquatic products, parallel imports, mink, water course, waterway, water transport, waterway, hydropower, water power, flood, water conservancy, land and water, water regime, water level, hydrology, waters, Han River, Huai River.
2. Noun: life element, liquid 70% of the earth’s surface. Group words such as: pen, ink, watercolor, watermark, water surface, level, level, waterweed, rice, narcissus, algae, water, water splash, water flow, fruit, water quality, water dripping through stone, water falling from stone, water is blocked, water is deep and hot, fishing for the moon in water, rain, Spring water, stream water, river water, river water, lake water, sea water, tears.
3. Noun: additional expenses, additional income. Group words such as: collecting water, adhering to water, external water.
4. Adjective: impure, adulterated. Group words such as: parallel imports, navy army.
5. Adjective: fresh, beautiful (colloquial). Word combinations such as: watery red, watery green, watery, very watery.
Extended information
The classical Chinese version of "Shuowen Jiezi": Water means "凖". A trip to the north. Like water flowing together, there is a slight Yang Qi in it. All water attributes are derived from water.
The vernacular version of "Shuowen Jiezi": water, the standard of flatness. In the Five Elements, water represents the attribute of the north. The shape of the glyph is like many waters flowing together, and the vertical ?|? in the middle represents the slightly yang breath hidden in the water. All words related to water use "water" as the side word. ?
Word explanation:
1. Fruit refers to juicy plant fruits with main tastes of sweetness and sourness and edible plant fruits. Jun Qing's "Ode to Autumn Colors": "Jiaodong, on this peninsula worthy of being the hometown of fruits, has a particularly bumper harvest of fruits this year."
2. Water surface refers to the surface of water; above water. Sun Li's "Chronicles of Baiyangdian·Lotus Lake": "A few wild ducks flew up, shrieked, and flew away across the water."
3. Clear water refers to clear water; white water. It is a metaphor for the quality of items being pure and free of impurities. Ba Jin's "Home" 14: "I often think that it's better to leave as soon as possible. It's not worth living in muddy water after living in clear water."
4. Water droplets condense like beads. of water. Mao Dun's "Midnight" 7: "The leaves are all lovely green, dripping with drops of water rhythmically."
5. When the tide recedes, the rocks on the bottom of the water will be exposed. It originally refers to a natural scene, but later it often refers to the fact that the truth is finally revealed. ?Su Shi's "Hou Chibi Fu" of the Song Dynasty: "The mountains are high and the moon is small, and the rocks are exposed when the water falls." It means that the mountains are high, the moon appears small, the water level drops, and the rocks are exposed.