- 水(water (pictographic))ASSOCIATIVE
Water mimics the flow of running water with ripples on both sides.
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水泄不通
水泄不通
lit. not one drop can trickle through (idiom)
2 meanings
MEANING2 meanings
MEANING
- 壹形adjective
lit. not one drop can trickle through (idiom)
- 。
It's so crowded here that not even water can seep through.
- 貳形adjective
fig. (of crowds, traffic etc) impenetrable
- 。
The square was so crowded that not even water could seep through.
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解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 氵(water; liquid)RADICAL
- 世(life; world)PHONO-SEMANTIC
Water flowing and overflowing outside like an unstoppable stream of life — that is leakage, disclosure.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 不(no; not; negation)ASSOCIATIVE
A bird flying swiftly upward and never willing to return represents the meaning of swift and unyielding.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 辶(step; move)RADICAL
- 甬(passage; channel; path)PHONO-SEMANTIC
Following a clear pathway or passageway is the meaning of the character.
水泄不通
Traditional水洩不通
lit. not one drop can trickle through (idiom)
2 meanings
MEANING2 meanings
MEANING
- 壹形adjective
lit. not one drop can trickle through (idiom)
- 。
It's so crowded here that not even water can seep through.
- 貳形adjective
fig. (of crowds, traffic etc) impenetrable
- 。
The square was so crowded that not even water could seep through.
STROKE ORDER
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解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 水(water (pictographic))ASSOCIATIVE
Water mimics the flow of running water with ripples on both sides.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 氵(water; liquid)RADICAL
- 世(life; world)PHONO-SEMANTIC
Water flowing and overflowing outside like an unstoppable stream of life — that is leakage, disclosure.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 不(no; not; negation)ASSOCIATIVE
A bird flying swiftly upward and never willing to return represents the meaning of swift and unyielding.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 辶(step; move)RADICAL
- 甬(passage; channel; path)PHONO-SEMANTIC
Following a clear pathway or passageway is the meaning of the character.
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