Modern simplified form (簡體). 水 (shuǐ, "water") is one of the rare few characters unchanged by simplification; it serves as the radical 氵 in 河 (river), 海 (sea), 泪 (tears), 泳 (swim) and over a hundred other characters.
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Shuowen
Water. The image of flowing water. All characters with 水 or 氵 derive from this root.
