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川

chuān

Definition

component (river)
radical (Kang Xi 47)
river
creek
plain
stream
flow
an area of level country

Archaic form

You'll also run into this component in this form: 巛. 巛 in a character will also designate rivers, elements flowing, and was used in ancient times. Unlike 川, 巛 only exists in a component/ radical form and is not a standalone character. 川 is.

Character Decomposition

Compounds (11)

to obey; to follow; to arrange; to make reasonable; along; favorable

to teach; to train; to instruct; to lecture; to scold; to admonish; instruction (from superiors); teachings; example; guideline; exegesis; rule

30; thirty

to attain gradually; to tame; Taiwan pr. [xun2]

furrow in field; small drainage

armlet; bracelet

tritium 3H; radioactive isotope of hydrogen having 2 neutrons in its nucleus, so atomic weight 3

low ground; hollow; depression (used in Shandong place names)

bind; silkcords

jade ring

drain between fields, irrigation

Related words (10)

chuanxiong rhizome

sams as 薏苡

travel expenses

chuān mù xiāng

root of Vladimiria souliei (used in TCM); Dolomiaea souliei

glacier

rivers

rivers

bīng chuān qī

ice age

lín chuān xiàn yú

see 臨淵羨魚，不如退而結網|临渊羡鱼，不如退而结网[lin2 yuan1 xian4 yu2 , bu4 ru2 tui4 er2 jie2 wang3]

Idioms (4)

chuān liú bù xī

the stream flows without stopping (idiom); unending flow

yī mǎ píng chuān

flat land one could gallop straight across (idiom); wide expanse of flat country

hǎi nà bǎi chuān

all rivers run into the sea; use different means to obtain the same result (idiom)

bǎi chuān guī hǎi

all things tend in one direction (idiom)

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