Water (wuxing)

Classical elements
Hellenistic Air Water Aether Fire Earth
Hinduism / Jainism / Buddhism Vayu Ap Akasha Agni Prithvi
Chinese Wood (木) Water (水) Fire (火) Metal (金) Earth (土)
Japanese Wind (風) Water (水) Void (空) Fire (火) Earth (地)
European alchemy Air Water Fire Aether Earth Sulphur Mercury Salt
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In Chinese philosophy, water (Chinese: 水; pinyin: shuǐ) Water is Yin in nature and is associated with winter, cold and the color black and death, the planet Mercury, the moon, night, the north, and the Black Tortoise (Xuan Wu) in the Four Symbols of Chinese constellations.