液体
yè tǐ · HSK 7
liquid
💧 液体 = 液 fluid + 体 body/substance — a fluid-bodied thing, a liquid
液 carries the water radical 氵and means fluid; 体 means body or substance. Together they name matter in its flowing, body-filling state: a liquid. The yè in 液 sounds like the start of yellow, a drippy paint.