Characters · 4 strokes
水
shuǐ water
Where the shape comes from
A stream down the middle with water splashing off either side. On the left of a character it shrinks to three drops, 氵, and marks words to do with liquid.
Write it
Watch the order first, then trace it with the guide, then write it from memory. The model comes back over your strokes so you can see where the shape drifted.
Press Watch to see the stroke order.
Stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi via Hanzi Writer, Arphic Public License.
Three words that use it
喝水
hē shuǐ
to drink water
水果
shuǐguǒ
fruit
开水
kāishuǐ
boiled water
Watch out: the mistake people make
Starting with the side strokes. The central hooked stroke comes first.