泳
Swim
およ・ぐ · えい
Memory hint
One vertical stroke — the main current. Four diagonal strokes branching outward — tributaries spreading left and right. This is a river seen from above, water flowing in all directions from one source. 水 becomes 氵 (three drops) when it clings to the left side of a kanji, marking everything it touches as wet, fluid, or flowing.
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