An easy one today, guys. This should be on everyone's mental hanja radar at all times. 물 수 (水) is easily one of the most common hanja based words in Korean. Careful though, because 수 is also a number of other non-water things such as number (數) and protect (守). Although practically limitless, let's take a look at a few water-based 수 words out there. If you can think of any other common ones, feel free to leave them in a comment ^^
수영 (水泳)
swimming
호수 (湖水)
lake
홍수 (洪水)
flood
산수 (山水)
landscape, scenery (think: water and mountains)
수요일 (水曜日)
Wednesday (lit. water day)
성수 (聖水)
holy water
식수 (食水)
drinking water*
*not to be confused with 식수하다 (植樹) which means "to plant trees"
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