202) 氵

shui

202yx) 工

gong

202y) 江

jiang

river

water 氵²⁰²[shuǐ] + work 工 [gōng]

Small streams (氵) come together to form (工) a large river.

202a) 流

liu

flow

water 氵[shuǐ] + flow 㐬 [liú]

“㐬[liú],” which symbolizes a child playing in flowing water, is not used by itself. Therefore water (氵) is added to restore the original meaning of water flowing.

202b) 派

pai

faction;

dispatch, send

water 氵[shuǐ] + branch rivers being separated  [symbol]

Symbolizes small branch rivers separating (symbol) from the main stream (氵), which came to mean factions or the act of dispatching someone to another place.

202zx) 每

mei

202z-97b*) 海

hai

sea

^{water 氵202}[shuǐ] + every 每 [měi]

The sea never overflows or dries up and always (每) maintains the same water (氵) level.

202cx) 穴

xue

202c) 深

shen

deep

water 氵[shuǐ] + cave →穴¹⁴²[xué] + tree 木 [mù]

a man holding (又) torch fire (火) inside a deep, dark cave (穴) with water (氵) flowing on the floor.

202d) 汁

zhi

juice

water 氵[shuǐ] + horizontal 一 [symbol] + vertical丨 [symbol]

This character depicts the image of putting pressure horizontally (一) and vertically (丨) in order to squeeze juice (氵) from fruit.

202wx) 台

tai

202w-93e*) 治

zhi

rule

water 氵²⁰²[shuǐ] + platform 台 [tái]

Whenever there was a drought or a flood, the people offered a baby on the altar (台) to rule the waters (氵).