Chinese Character Wiki
巛

chuān

river

巛 is a component form of 川.

Evolution

巛 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
巛 Bronze script Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Bronze script

Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
巛 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
巛 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

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

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

巛  

chuān

river; KangXi radical 47; archaic variant of 川[chuān]

Component uses

Meaning component in 4 characters (0 verified)

巡 粼 邕 巤

Sound component in 1 character (0 verified)

巡

Iconic component in 2 characters (2 verified)

𡿮 𡿺

Unknown component in 2 characters (0 verified)

瑙 拶

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*t.l̥u[n] (MC -jwen is irregular)

tsyhwen

chuān

stream, river


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

8933rd most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

3

Unicode

U+5DDB

Shuowen

“川，貫穿通流水也。《虞書》曰：‘濬巜距川’，言深巜之水會為川也。”


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