Chinese characters are a living fossil of Chinese traditional culture ,w hich determines Chinese nation’s way of thinking ,customs and aesthetics .The sound ,form ,meaning of characters in total have specific structural features .Radical indexing system for characters distinguishes them by meaning .As the Chinese characters are the carriers of cultural information ,the radical“Water”(氵) being one of the impor‐tant radicals has even more abundant cultural connotations .“The table of the most used Chinese charac‐ters”contains 181 characters with “Water” (氵) radical and it’s divided by literal meaning into two large categories related to nature and human life and contains many levels of cultural meanings relating to all as‐pects of social life :it embodies the Chinese nation’s development and utilization of water resources ,active management of water‐related disasters ,hydraulic engineering constructions and other achievements ,bears the meaning of “using softness to conquer strength” ,represents yin and yang philosophical ideas ,demon‐strates the purification of mind through purification of body ,explains core meaning of legal culture’s fair‐ness and impartiality and represents people’s national identity ,views on life and pursuit of emotions .Ac‐cording to “T he table of the most used Chinese characters”,radical“Water”(氵) traces back to the origins of characters culture and at the same time carries forward the traditional Chinese culture providing new ideas .%汉字是中华传统文化的活化石，通过汉字，可以透视中华民族的思维方式、风俗习惯、审美情趣等；汉字集音、形、义于一体，具有特定的结构特点；部首检字法区分汉字的意义类属；汉字是文化信息的载体，作为汉字重要组成部分的水（氵）部汉字文化内涵较为丰富；《现代汉语常用字表》中共包含181个水（氵）部汉字，其字义系统分为自然与人类生活相关两大类，所蕴含的深层次的文化意义使得水（氵）部汉字关乎社会生活的方方面面：体现着中华民族对水资源的开发利用、对水灾害的积极治理，及水利工程的建设成就等；蕴含着以柔克刚、阴阳相济的哲学思想；展现着由净身到净心的更高层次的心灵追求；诠释了公平、公正的法治文化的核心意义；寄托着中华儿女的家国情怀、人生境界与情感追求。探析《现代汉语常用字表》水（氵）部汉字的文化内涵，将为追溯汉字文化本源、弘扬中华传统文化提供新思路。
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