cén

river in Shaanxi

Components

Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water

water

Sound component
cén steep

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangsɡrɯm

說文解字

潰也。一曰涔陽渚,在郢中。从水岑聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica