water (or liquid that resembles it) makes things disappear
alternatively: 氵 + 小 + 月 water + small + moon: the story of the monkeys who see a small resemblance of the moon in the water and try to capture it, but it disappears
溢
yì
brim over
氵 + 益yì
water + benefit
The water is brimming over the sparkling dish of benefits. "My cup runneth over." Psalm 23:5
溶
róng
dissolve
氵 + 容róng
water + contain
water that contains some dissolved substance
油
yóu
oil
氵 + 由yóu
water + sprout
liquid squeezed from a sprout
涨
zhàng
swell [v.]
氵 + 张zhāng
water + stretch
excess of water stretches the skin and you swell
渣
zhā
sediment
氵 + 查chá
water + check into
have to dive into the water to check into the sediment at the bottom
渐
jiàn
gradually
氵 + 斩zhǎn
water + hew
water can gradually hew a fissure in rock
沙
shā
sand
氵 + 少shǎo
water + few
water grinds away at the shells until they are a few bits
科
kē
academic discipline
禾hé + 斗
grain + big dipper
ancient academic disciplines of agriculture and astronomy
温
wēn
temperature
氵 + 日 + 皿
water + sun + dish
to raise the temperature of water, put it in a dish under the sun
测
cè
measure [v.]
氵 + 则zé
water + rule
measuring water by the lab rules
汽
qì
vapor
氵 + 气qì
water + air
water in the air is vapor
查
chá
check into
木 + 旦
tree + daybreak
Newton under the tree at daybreak, checking into gravity