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(Kangxi radical 85, +4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 水戈大 (EIK), four-corner 33134, composition )

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 608, character 1
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17161
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1001, character 6
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1561, character 1
  • Unihan data for U+6C71
Etymologies 1 and 2
Old Chinese
*ŋreːl, *rulʔ
*kʷeːnʔ
*kʷeːnʔ
*kljuns, *kʷeːnʔ
*kʰʷeːnʔ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲形声, OC *kʷeːnʔ) : semantic (water) + phonetic (OC *kʰʷeːnʔ).

Etymology 4

Simplified from ().

simp. and trad.
alternative forms 𣴒


  1. (obsolete, rare, of water) to fall; to drop
  2. (obsolete, rare) groundwater
  3. the name of a river (clarification of this definition is needed)
simp. and trad.
alternative forms

  1. (Hokkien) shallow
  2. (Hokkien) simple; easy to understand
  3. (Hokkien, of colour) light

For pronunciation and definitions of – see .
(This character is a variant form of ).

For pronunciation and definitions of – see (“to flow; to trickle; to cry; to shed tears; etc.”).
(This character is a variant form of ).