氵 Science Class

xiāo

disappear
氵 + 肖xiào
water + resemble

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

brim over
氵 + 益yì
water + benefit

The water is brimming over the sparkling dish of benefits. "My cup runneth over." Psalm 23:5

róng

dissolve
氵 + 容róng
water + contain

water that contains some dissolved substance

yóu

oil
氵 + 由yóu
water + sprout

liquid squeezed from a sprout

zhàng

swell [v.]
氵 + 张zhāng
water + stretch

excess of water stretches the skin and you swell

zhā

sediment
氵 + 查chá
water + check into

have to dive into the water to check into the sediment at the bottom

jiàn

gradually
氵 + 斩zhǎn
water + hew

water can gradually hew a fissure in rock

shā

sand
氵 + 少shǎo
water + few

water grinds away at the shells until they are a few bits

academic discipline
禾hé + 斗
grain + big dipper

ancient academic disciplines of agriculture and astronomy

wēn

temperature
氵 + 日 + 皿
water + sun + dish

to raise the temperature of water, put it in a dish under the sun

measure [v.]
氵 + 则zé
water + rule

measuring water by the lab rules

vapor
氵 + 气qì
water + air

water in the air is vapor

chá

check into
木 + 旦
tree + daybreak

Newton under the tree at daybreak, checking into gravity

氵 Science Class

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