涧 - Dong Chinese dictionary

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jiàn

brook

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

Components

氵 Meaning component

shui, shuǐ

water

jiān, jiàn

space

Evolution

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Traditional script

Modern

Simplified script

Modern

Definitions

jiàn

brook, mountain stream; mountain stream

jiàn

variant of 澗|涧[jiàn]

Most common words with 涧

Freq.	Word	Meaning
	涧	mountain stream
	山涧	mountain stream
	溪涧	stream
	清涧	Qingjian County in Yulin 榆林[Yúlín], Shaanxi
	涧西区	Jianxi district of Luoyang City 洛陽市\|洛阳市 in Henan province 河南

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

3828th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

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