jiān

wash

Components

Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water

water

Sound component
qián in front

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangʔslen
ʔslens
ʔsleːn
zleːn

說文解字

水。出蜀郡緜虒玉壘山,東南入江。从水前聲。一曰手𤃬之。

Sources

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