Shuowen component 415: 川
About this component
Component: 川
Seal font (Chongxi): 川
Mandarin: chuān
Sino-Vietnamese: xuyên
Japanese: セン (sen) ; かわ (kawa)
Korean: CHEN / 천
Unihan definition: stream, river; flow; boil
Variants: —
Shuowen entry
貫穿通流水也。《虞書》曰：“濬𡿨巜，距川。”言深𡿨巜之水會爲川也。凡川之屬皆从川。