chán

sound of flowing water

Components
氵 meaning component

  Meaning component

shuishuǐ

  

water

water

孱 sound component

  Sound component

cànchán

  

weak

Evolution

潺 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
潺 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

chán

sound of flowing water; flow; trickle (of water)

Most common words with 潺
Freq.
Word
Meaning

潺潺

murmur

flow