湍
tuān

rapid water current

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

Components

氵
氵 Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water

氵 is a component form of 水.

耑
耑 Sound component
duān, zhuān tip, start, extremity

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Mid Warring States ~300 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartthwantʰˤorrushing water
Zhengzhangtʰoːn
tjon
Unicodetuɑn

說文解字

疾瀨也。从水耑聲。

Sources

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