cén

river in Shaanxi

Components
氵 meaning component

  Meaning component

shuishuǐ

  

water

water

岑 sound component

  Sound component

cén

  

steep

Evolution

涔 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
涔 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

cén

river in Shaanxi; murky torrent; overflow; rainwater; tearful