瀳

瀳 U+7033, 瀳 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7033 ← 瀲 [U+7032] CJK Unified Ideographs 瀴 → [U+7034]

Translingual

Han character

瀳 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+17, 20 strokes, cangjie input 水廿戈火 (ETIF), four-corner 3512₇, composition ⿰氵薦)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 661, character 1
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 18694
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1786, character 12
• Unihan data for U+7033

Chinese

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (薦) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
瀳	*ʔsɯːn, *zɯːns
韉	*ʔsɯːn
薦	*ʔseːns

Etymology 1

trad.		瀳
simp.		𰜨

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiàn (jian⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zin⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiàn
    • Wade–Giles: chien⁴
    • Yale: jyàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiann
    • Palladius: цзянь (czjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: zin⁶
    • Yale: jihn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzin⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: jin⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siːn²²/

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• Middle Chinese: tsen, dzenH

Rime
Character	瀳	瀳
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	精 (13)	從 (15)
Final (韻)	先 (85)	先 (85)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	IV	IV
Fanqie	則前切	在甸切
Baxter	tsen	dzenH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡sen/	/d͡zenH/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡sen/	/d͡zenH/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡sɛn/	/d͡zɛnH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡sɛn/	/d͡zɛnH/
Li Rong	/t͡sen/	/d͡zenH/
Wang Li	/t͡sien/	/d͡zienH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/t͡sien/	/d͡zʱienH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jiān	jiàn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zin1	zin6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ʔsɯːn/, /*zɯːns/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	瀳	瀳
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	6250	6252
Phonetic component	薦	薦
Rime group	文	文
Rime subdivision	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	箋	荐
Old Chinese	/*ʔsɯːn/	/*zɯːns/

Definitions

瀳

1. (obsolete, of water) to arrive

Etymology 2

trad.		瀳
simp.		𰜨
alternative forms		啨 趟 衝／冲

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhîⁿ

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhîⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: tshînn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: chvii
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰĩ²³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei): /t͡sʰĩ²⁴/

Definitions

瀳

1. (Xiamen, Quanzhou and Taiwanese Hokkien) to charge over with sudden force

   彼隻狗瀳過來。 [Hokkien, trad.]
   彼只狗𰜨过来。 [Hokkien, simp.]

   Hit chiah káu chhîⁿ kè-lâi. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

   That dog charged over.

2. (Taiwanese Hokkien) to go against the current

   瀳風／𰜨风 [Taiwanese Hokkien]  ―  chhîⁿ hong [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]  ―  to go against the wind

3. (Taiwanese Hokkien) to graze with sudden force

   覓鶚瀳水面。 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
   觅鹗𰜨水面。 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]

   Bā-hio̍h chhîⁿ chúi-bīn. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

   The eagles grazed the water surface with sudden force.

4. (Taiwanese Hokkien) to surge forth (of water)