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湍

tuān

rapid water current

Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 耑 represents the sound.

Components
氵 meaning component

氵  Meaning component

shui, shuǐ

  

water

氵 is a component form of 水.

耑 sound component

耑  Sound component

duān, zhuān

  

tip, start, extremity

Evolution

湍 Bronze script Mid Warring States (~300 BC)

Bronze script

Mid Warring States (~300 BC)
湍 Seal script Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)

Seal script

Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
湍 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
湍 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

湍  

tuān

rapid water current, rapids; to rush (of water)

Most common words with 湍
Freq.
Word
Meaning

湍流

turbulence

湍

to rush (of water)

湍急

rapid (flow of water)

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*tʰˤor

thwan

tuān

rushing water


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

3850th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

12

Unicode

U+6E4D

Shuowen

“湍，疾瀨也。从水，耑聲。”


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