name of a Chinese river
潁 is a rare kanji used primarily as the name of a river in China. Its standalone meaning is limited to that proper noun.
潁 is a phono-semantic compound: 水 (water) suggests a river, while 頃 (or its variant) likely contributes the sound エイ. The exact historical development is uncertain.
The left side shows water 水, and the right side looks like a head 頁 with a spoon 匕 on top. Picture a river so important it gets its own name carved on a stone tablet beside the water.
For エイ, imagine the river's name sounding like the letter 'A' (エイ). The river is so famous it's simply called 'River A'.
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