涓

Information about character(s)

Radical: 水
Radical Strokes: 4
Additional Strokes: 7
Total Strokes: 10

Pronunciation

Pinyin: juān, yuàn, xuàn
Cantonese: gyun1
JapaneseKun: SHIZUKU WAZUKA ANA
JapaneseOn: KEN EN GEN
Korean: YEN
Vietnamese: quen

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: brook, stream; select; pure

CE-Dict: brook/to select

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.[Formal] a tiny stream

朗道漢英字典 - Lang Dao: a tiny stream

懶蟲簡明漢英詞典: a tiny stream

說文解字 - Shuowen: 《水部》涓小流也。从水肙聲。《爾雅》曰：「汝為涓。」

康熙字典文字版 【巳集上】【水字部】涓
【唐韻】古懸切【集韻】【韻會】圭懸切【正韻】圭淵切，𠀤音蠲。【說文】小流也。爾雅曰汝爲涓。【家語金人銘】涓涓不壅，終爲江河。　又水名。【水經注】涓水。出陸渾西山。　又【水經注】濰水逕諸縣故城，東北涓水注之，水出馬耳山。　又擇也。【左思·魏都賦】涓吉日，陟中壇。　又除也。【前漢·郊祀歌】涓選休成。【註】除惡選取美成者也。　又潔也。【吳語】乃見其涓人。【註】涓人，今之中涓，居中而涓潔者也。　又姓。【列仙傳】有齊人涓子常。　又【集韻】縈絹切，音䬼。涓澴，流貌。　又與泫通。【列子·周𥠇王篇】乃涓然而泣。【註】涓，讀爲泫。

CF-Dict: ruisseau/pur

Han-De-Dict: auswählen, küren (u.E.)/Bach (u.E.) (S)/Juan (u.E.) (Eig, Fam)