Today’s second #kanji is #水. It has 4 strokes and it makes its own radical. When this radical is used as a へん (the left side), it loses a stroke and becomes さんずいへん（氵）. When it is used as an あし (the bottom part), the left side stroke gets divided into two (so altogether 5 strokes) and becomes したみず（氺）. 水 itself is a pictograph for flowing water.
Meaning: water
水曜日（スイヨウび）: Wednesday
水上（スイジョウ）スキー: water-skiing
水平（スイヘイ）（な）: horizontal, level, even
海水（カイスイ）: seawater, brine
水色（みずいろ）: a sky blue, turquoise, a light blue
水玉（みずたま）模様（モヨウ）: polka dots
水（みず）を飲（の）む: to drink water
水（みず）を差（さ）す: to pour water into…; to estrange, to alienate … from …, to discourage
水（みず）を向（む）ける: to try to draw … out, to fish for …
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