水龙头 (shuǐ lóng tóu)

Character breakdown

• 水 (Shuǐ) · 4 strokes

  Depicts the flow of water in a river.

• 龙 (Lóng) · 5 strokes

  Pictograph of a dragon curled up. The simplified character 龙 was adapted from the cursive form of the traditional character 龍.

• 头 (tóu) · 5 strokes

  Phonosemantic compound. 頁 represents the meaning and 豆 represents the sound. The simplified character 头 was adapted from the cursive form of the traditional character 頭.