juān

brook

Components
氵 meaning component

  Meaning component

shuishuǐ

  

water

water

肙 sound component

  Sound component

yuànyuān

  

to be satiated

Evolution

涓 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
涓 Clerical script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
涓 Seal script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Seal script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
涓 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
涓 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

juān

brook, stream; select; pure; brook; to select

 

Juān

surname Juan

Most common words with 涓
Freq.
Word
Meaning

涓涓

a trickle

brook

庞涓

Pang Juan (-342 BC), military leader and political strategist of the School of Diplomacy 縱橫家|纵横家[Zòng​héng​jiā] during the Warring States Period (425-221 BC)

涓滴

tiny stream

刘涓子

Liu Juanzi, legendary alchemist and creator of magic potions