chuān

stream

How it’s built

Pictograph of a river.

Through the ages

Oracle bone script

Bronze script

Seal script

Appears in

Characters that use 川 as a component, most common first.

流liúto flow 顺shùnto submit to 训xùnto teach 荒huāngwasteland 驯xúntame 钏chuànbracelet 訓xùnto teach 順shùnto submit to 馴xúntame 釧chuànbracelet

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