潺

潺	U+6F7A, 潺 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6F7A

← 潹
[U+6F79]

CJK Unified Ideographs

潻 →
[U+6F7B]

Translingual

Han character

潺 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+12, 15 strokes, cangjie input 水尸弓木 (ESND), four-corner 3714₇, composition ⿰氵孱)

sound of flowing water

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 651, character 7
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 18298
Dae Jaweon: page 1061, character 16
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1749, character 11
Unihan data for U+6F7A

Chinese

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (孱) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

	Old Chinese
孱	sɡreːn, sɡreːnʔ, *sɡren
潺	sɡreːn, sɡren
僝	sɡreːn, sɡʷrens
轏	*sɡreːnʔ
樼	*skrinʔ

Etymology 1

simp. and trad.		潺

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): chán (chan²)

(Zhuyin): ㄔㄢˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): saan⁴
Eastern Min (BUC): càng
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): chhan

(Teochew, Peng'im): cang⁵ / cang¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: chán
  - Zhuyin: ㄔㄢˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: chán
  - Wade–Giles: chʻan²
  - Yale: chán
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: charn
  - Palladius: чань (čanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰän³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: saan⁴
  - Yale: sàahn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: saan⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: san⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /saːn²¹/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: càng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡saŋ⁵³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhan
  - Tâi-lô: tshan
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zhafn
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰan⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰan³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰan⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰan⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰan⁴⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: cang⁵ / cang¹
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tshâng / tshang
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰaŋ⁵⁵/, /t͡sʰaŋ³³/

Middle Chinese: dzrean, dzrjen

Rime
Character	潺	潺
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	崇 (20)	崇 (20)
Final (韻)	山 (73)	仙 (79)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	II	III
Fanqie	士山切	士連切
Baxter	dzrean	dzrjen
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/d͡ʒˠɛn/	/d͡ʒˠiᴇn/
Pan Wuyun	/ɖ͡ʐᵚæn/	/ɖ͡ʐᵚiɛn/
Shao Rongfen	/d͡ʒæn/	/d͡ʒiæn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɖ͡ʐəɨn/	/ɖ͡ʐian/
Li Rong	/d͡ʒɛn/	/d͡ʒjɛn/
Wang Li	/d͡ʒæn/	/d͡ʒĭɛn/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ɖ͡ʐʱăn/	/ɖ͡ʐʱi̯ɛn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	chán	chán
Expected Cantonese Reflex	caan⁴	cin⁴

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*sɡreːn/, /*sɡren/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	潺	潺
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	1204	1208
Phonetic component	孱	孱
Rime group	元	元
Rime subdivision	2	2
Corresponding MC rime	虥
Old Chinese	/*sɡreːn/	/*sɡren/

Definitions

潺

The sound or appearance of flowing water. Used in compounds.

Compounds

淙潺
潺淙
潺湲 (chányuán)
潺潺 (chánchán)

Etymology 2

simp. and trad.		潺
alternative forms		漦潹

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): chán (chan²)

(Zhuyin): ㄔㄢˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): saan⁴
Eastern Min (BUC): siàng

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: chán
  - Zhuyin: ㄔㄢˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: chán
  - Wade–Giles: chʻan²
  - Yale: chán
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: charn
  - Palladius: чань (čanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰän³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: saan⁴
  - Yale: sàahn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: saan⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: san⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /saːn²¹/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: siàng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /siaŋ⁵³/

Definitions

潺

(Cantonese) slime; mucus
(Matsu Eastern Min) spring water, water from the ground or from cracks in rocks

Compounds

一身潺
滑潺潺
潺茄 (“okra”)
潺菜 (cháncài, “Malabar spinach”)

Japanese

Kanji

潺

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

On (unclassified): さん (san)、せん (sen)

Korean

Hanja

潺 • (jan) (hangeul 잔, revised jan, McCune–Reischauer chan, Yale can)

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Vietnamese

Han character

潺: Hán Nôm readings: sờn, sàn, sớn

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