shuāng

Water element

frost

resilient and pure

Element
Water 水
Radical
Strokes
17
Use
Used for any gender

In five-element thinking, Water carries wisdom, adaptability, flow. A name built on leans on that energy.

The image behind the character

可以履霜

《诗经·魏风·葛屦》

appears in this classical line. Read it as the picture the character draws on, part of why it carries the feeling it does.

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