chán

sound of flowing water

Components

Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water

water

Sound component
chán, càn, jiān weak

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangsɡreːn
sɡren
Unicodejrhɛn

說文解字

水聲。从水孱聲。

Sources

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