Dong Chinese dictionary

chuān

stream

Pictograph of a river.

Evolution

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)

Bronze script

Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

chuān

stream, river; flow; boil; river; creek; plain; an area of level country

Chuān

abbr. for Sichuan Province 四川[Sìchuān] in southwest China

Most common words with 川

Freq.	Word	Meaning
	川	river
	四川	Sichuan province (Szechuan) in southwest China, abbr. 川 or 蜀, capital Chengdu 成都
	冰川	glacier
	四川省	Sichuan province (Szechuan) in southwest China, abbr. 川[Chuān] or 蜀[Shǔ], capital Chengdu 成都[Chéngdū]
	德川	Tokugawa, the ruling clan of Japan from 1550-1850