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涧

jiàn

Character Traditional 澗

What 涧 means

1. mountain stream

Other readings

涧 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• jiànvariant of {涧|jiàn}

Example sentences

• 水从喷泉中涌出，在溪流中向下流，在溪涧中奔走，在池塘中安定，在河流中顺势流，在漩涡中回旋，并形成沼泽。
  Water springs out of a fountain, flows downwards in a brook, runs in a beck, stands in a pond, glides in the stream, is whirled about in a whirlpool and causes fens.

Words starting with 涧

• 涧壑jiàn hèvalley; ravine
• 涧峡jiàn xiáa gorge
• 涧水jiàn shuǐmountain stream
• 涧流jiàn liúmountain stream; stream in a valley
• 涧溪jiàn xīmountain stream; stream in a valley
• 涧西区Jiàn xī QūJianxi, a district of Luoyang City 洛阳市
• 涧西Jiàn xīsee 涧西区

Words containing 涧

• 山涧shān jiànmountain stream
• 沟涧gōu jiàngully; ravine
• 溪涧xī jiànstream; mountain gorge
• 清涧县Qīng jiàn XiànQingjian, a county in Yulin City 榆林市
• 南涧彝族自治县Nán jiàn Yí zú Zì zhì xiànNanjian Yi Autonomous County, in Dali Bai Autonomous Prefecture 大理白族自治州
• 南涧Nán jiànsee 南涧彝族自治县
• 清涧Qīng jiànsee 清涧县
• 南涧县Nán jiàn Xiànsee 南涧彝族自治县

Characters built on 间

These share the phonetic component 间 (jiān), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 简jiǎnsimple; uncomplicated; letter
• 锏jiǎnancient weapon like a long solid metal truncheon
• 裥jiǎn(dialect) fold or pleat (in clothing)

Characters that look like 涧

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 洲zhōucontinent; island in a river
• 洞dòngcave; hole; zero (unambiguous spoken form when spelling out numbers)
• 润rùnmoist; glossy; sleek; to moisten; to lubricate; to embellish; to enhance
• 淌tǎngto drip; to trickle; to shed (tears)
• 炯jiǒngbright; clear
• 胴dònglarge intestine; torso

Sounds the same

Read jiàn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 见to see; to meet; to appear (to be sth)
• 件item; component; classifier for events, things, clothes etc
• 健healthy; to invigorate; to strengthen
• 建to establish; to found; to set up
• 键key (on a piano or computer keyboard); button (on a mouse or other device); chemical bond
• 渐gradual; gradually
• 践to fulfill (a promise); to tread; to walk
• 荐to recommend; to offer sacrifice (arch.); grass
• 剑double-edged sword; classifier for blows of a sword
• 鉴bronze mirror (used in ancient times); to reflect; to mirror
• 舰warship
• 箭arrow