渲

Information about character(s)

Radical: 水
Radical Strokes: 4
Additional Strokes: 9
Total Strokes: 12

Pronunciation

Pinyin: xuàn
Cantonese: hyun1 syun3
JapaneseOn: SEN
Korean: SEN

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: add repeated washes of color

CE-Dict: wash (color)

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.[Formal] a small body of water
2.[Formal] a technique of Chinese painting
3.to wash (a piece of drawing paper) with watercolors

康熙字典文字版 【巳集上】【水字部】渲
【廣韻】息絹切【集韻】須絹切，𠀤音選。【玉篇】小水也。　又畫家有渲刷之法。【郭熙林泉高致】擦以水墨，再三而淋之，謂之渲。

CF-Dict: délavage/délaver

Han-De-Dict: waschen, wässern (u.E.)