懂中文 Dong Chinese

澗

jiàn

brook

A stream 氵 flowing through a valley 間; 間 also provides the pronunciation

Components
氵 meaning component

氵  Meaning component

shui, shuǐ

  

water

間 sound,meaning component

間  Sound Meaning component

jiān, jiàn

  

space

Evolution

澗 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

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

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
澗 Clerical script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
澗 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

涧 (澗) 

jiàn

brook, mountain stream; mountain stream

Most common words with 澗
Freq.
Word
Meaning

涧

mountain stream

山涧

mountain stream

溪涧

stream

清涧

Qingjian County in Yulin 榆林[Yú​lín], Shaanxi

涧西区

Jianxi district of Luoyang City 洛陽市|洛阳市 in Henan province 河南