to rush (of water)

湍 character breakdown

"water" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 85), occurring in 沒|没[mei2], 法[fa3], 流[liu2] etc / see also 三點水|三点水[san1 dian3 shui3]

= + : Mnemonic symbol: a bottle of water. Sheldon Shrimp (shu) enjoys a bottle of water (氵) in the Eiffel Tower's living room (ei3). The got the water by scratching (㇀) a blossom (⺀) and catching the leaking dew in a bottle.
variant of 專|专[zhuan1]
old variant of 端[duan1] / start / origin

= + : Doggy Dog (du) is carrying (端) a vase (立) in front of the anthill (an1) and wants to put it right on the race track's starting line (耑). It's just in case he has to use the washroom right before the race.

= + : Mnemonic symbol: the starting line of a race track.

Doggy Dog is waiting for the big race to begin in front if the anthill. There's a gate at the starting line which consists of a fork and a comb. When the race starts, the gate will fling open.

Characters with 湍 as component

湍 is not used as a component in another character.

Words with 湍

rapid (flow of water)

Sentences with 湍

湍 currently does not appear in any sentence.