Radical 氵

10 strokes

water 氵 (78a) + birth (615b) = flow 流

[交流 (380) jiāoliú to communicate with]

[流利 (132) liúlì fluent]

The woman chose a water birth in the river so that the flowing water would wash the baby clean. / Two fairies floated lotus blossoms on the water.

You could think of this as “boy” with a “stick”, or as “grain stalks” plus “hook”.

new-born baby (614a) + flood (615a) = birth

Picture a mother cradling her new-born baby on the roof of a house during a flood. this was not how she imagined the birth would be! / [No pronunciation needed]