瀨

Information about character(s)

Radical: 水
Radical Strokes: 4
Additional Strokes: 16
Total Strokes: 19
Simplified Form: 濑
Variants: 瀬

Pronunciation

Pinyin: lài
Cantonese: laai6
JapaneseKun: SE
JapaneseOn: RAI
Korean: LOY

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: swift current; rapids

CE-Dict: name of a river/rushing of water

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.a torrent; a swift current
2.water flowing over shallows
3.name of a stream in Kwangsi Province, also known as the River Li
4.name of a stream in Kiangsu Province

說文解字 - Shuowen: 《水部》瀨水流沙上也。从水賴聲。

康熙字典文字版 【巳集上】【水字部】瀨
【唐韻】洛帶切【集韻】【韻會】【正韻】落蓋切，𠀤音賴。【說文】水流沙上也。【楚辭·九歌】石瀨兮淺淺。　又湍也。【前漢·武帝紀】遣甲爲下瀨將軍。【註】瀨，湍也。吳越謂之瀨，中國謂之磧。　又水名。【水經注】瀨水，出蒼梧荔浦縣西北魯山之東。　又【韻補】叶力制切，音利。【劉楨·魯都賦】龜螭潛滑于黃泥，文魚游踊于淸瀨。浚迅波以遠騰，正泌瀄于湄㵝。

Han-De-Dict: Stromschnelle (u.E.) (S)