汶
Wèn

a river in Shandong province

Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 文 represents the sound.

Components

氵
氵 Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water

氵 is a component form of 水.

文
文 Sound component
wén writing

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Three Kingdoms (Cao Wei) 222-280 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartmwonmˤə[n]dirty
Zhengzhangmrɯn
mɯn
mɯns
Unicodemiə̀n

說文解字

水。出琅邪朱虛東泰山，東入濰。从水文聲。桑欽說：汶水出泰山萊蕪，西南入泲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)