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)

1. 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

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• 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/

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• 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/
Bernard 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	潺
Old Chinese	/*sɡreːn/	/*sɡren/

Definitions

潺

1. 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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chán (chan²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): saan⁴
• Eastern Min (BUC): siàng

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• 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

1. (Cantonese) slime; mucus
2. (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

(uncommon “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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