# 潺

| 潺 | U+6F7A, &#28538; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6F7A |
| ← 潹 [U+6F79] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 潻 → [U+6F7B] |

## Translingual
### Han character

潺 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+12, 15 strokes, cangjie input 水尸弓木 (ESND), four-corner 3714$_7$, composition ⿰氵孱)
* sound of flowing water

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 651, character 7
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 18298
* Dae Jaweon: page 1061, character 16
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1749, character 11
* Unihan data for U+6F7A

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 孱 | *sɡreːn, *sɡreːnʔ, *sɡren |
| 潺 | *sɡreːn, *sɡren |
| 僝 | *sɡreːn, *sɡʷrens |
| 轏 | *sɡreːnʔ |
| 樼 | *skrinʔ |

### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): chán (chan$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄔㄢˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): saan$^4$
* Eastern Min (BUC): càng
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): chhan
    (Teochew, Peng'im): cang$^5$ / cang$^1$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: chán
*** Zhuyin: ㄔㄢˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: chán
*** Wade–Giles: chʻan$^2$
*** Yale: chán
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: charn
*** Palladius: чань (čanʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʈ͡ʂʰän³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: saan$^4$
*** Yale: sàahn
*** Cantonese Pinyin: saan$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: san$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /saːn²¹/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: càng
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡saŋ⁵³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhan
*** Tâi-lô: tshan
*** Phofsit Daibuun: zhafn
*** IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰan⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰan³³/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰan⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰan⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰan⁴⁴/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: cang$^5$ / cang$^1$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tshâng / tshang
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰaŋ⁵⁵/, /t͡sʰaŋ³³/
* Middle Chinese: dzrean, dzrjen
Rime :
| Character | 潺 | 潺 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 崇 (20) | 崇 (20) |
| Final (韻) | 山 (73) | 仙 (79) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | II | III |
| Fanqie | 士山切 | 士連切 |
| Baxter | dzrean | dzrjen |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /d͡ʒˠɛn/ | /d͡ʒˠiᴇn/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ɖ͡ʐᵚæn/ | /ɖ͡ʐᵚiɛn/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /d͡ʒæn/ | /d͡ʒiæn/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ɖ͡ʐəɨn/ | /ɖ͡ʐian/ |
| Li Rong | /d͡ʒɛn/ | /d͡ʒjɛn/ |
| Wang Li | /d͡ʒæn/ | /d͡ʒĭɛn/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /ɖ͡ʐʱăn/ | /ɖ͡ʐʱi̯ɛn/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | chán | chán |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | caan$^4$ | cin$^4$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*sɡreːn/, /*sɡren/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 潺 | 潺 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| No. | 1204 | 1208 |
| Phonetic component | 孱 | 孱 |
| Rime group | 元 | 元 |
| Rime subdivision | 2 | 2 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 虥 | 潺 |
| Old Chinese | /*sɡreːn/ | /*sɡren/ |

#### Definitions

潺
* The sound or appearance of flowing water. Used in compounds.

#### Compounds

* 淙潺
* 潺淙
* 潺湲 (chányuán)
* 潺潺 (chánchán)

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): chán (chan$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄔㄢˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): saan$^4$
* Eastern Min (BUC): siàng
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: chán
*** Zhuyin: ㄔㄢˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: chán
*** Wade–Giles: chʻan$^2$
*** Yale: chán
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: charn
*** Palladius: чань (čanʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʈ͡ʂʰän³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: saan$^4$
*** Yale: sàahn
*** Cantonese Pinyin: saan$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: san$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /saːn²¹/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: siàng
*** Sinological IPA : /siaŋ⁵³/

#### Definitions

潺
* (Cantonese) slime; mucus
* (Matsu Eastern Min) spring water, water from the ground or from cracks in rocks

#### Compounds

* 一身潺
* 滑潺潺
* 潺茄 (“okra”)
* 潺菜 (cháncài, “Malabar spinach”)

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
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#### Readings

* On (unclassified): さん (san)、せん (sen)

## Korean
### Hanja

潺 • (jan) (hangeul 잔, revised jan, McCune–Reischauer chan, Yale can)
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## Vietnamese
### Han character

潺: Hán Nôm readings: sờn, sàn, sớn
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