滑

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to slip; to slide; slippery; smooth; sly; slippery; not to be trusted

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Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

氵 meaning “water” + 骨 sound ( gǔ )

Components 氵骨

slippery · Heisig RSH #1054

水 water + 骨 skeleton

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
小心地滑	xiǎo xīn dì huá	(used on signs) caution – wet floor (lit. "be careful, the floor is slippery")
单脚滑行车	dān jiǎo huá xíng chē	scooter
油光水滑	yóu guāng shuǐ huá	sleek; shiny and smooth
滑水道	huá shuǐ dào	water slide
滑行道	huá xíng dào	taxiway (at airport)
平滑字	píng huá zì	(typography) sans serif
天雨路滑	tiān yù lù huá	roads are slippery due to rain (idiom)
双人滑	shuāng rén huá	pair skating
花式滑冰	huā shì huá bīng	(Tw) figure skating
滑板车	huá bǎn chē	kick scooter; push scooter
滑雪运动	huá xuě yùn dòng	skiing
滑县	Huá Xiàn	Hua County or Huaxian, a county in Anyang City 安陽市\|安阳市[An1 yang2 Shi4], Henan
滑水	huá shuǐ	water skiing; to water-ski
滑头	huá tóu	crafty; slippery; slyboots
地滑	dì huá	landslide
滑步机	huá bù jī	elliptical trainer
滑动	huá dòng	to slide; sliding movement
滑行	huá xíng	to slide; to coast; to glide; (of an aircraft) to taxi
花滑	huā huá	figure skating (abbr. for 花樣滑冰\|花样滑冰[hua1 yang4 hua2 bing1])
手滑	shǒu huá	to do sth by mistake (with one's hand); to make a slip of the hand (e.g. click the wrong b…

Characters sharing the sound component 骨 — compare how they read.

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
骨 sound part	gǔ	bone; skeleton; frame, framework
猾	huá	crafty, cunning, shrewd; deceitful
鹘	hú	a kind of pigeon; treron permagna