潬
rapid, sand-bank, foreshore
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Readings
On'yomi
- タン
- セン
Kun'yomi
- す
Meaning
潬 centers on a shallow water feature: a sandbank or foreshore where water flows rapidly. The meanings connect a place where land and moving water meet.
Study
Etymology
潬 combines 氵 (water) with 單, which likely contributes the sound. The exact historical development of the compound is uncertain, but it relates to water and a sandbank or rapid.
Meaning mnemonic
Water 氵 beside 單, which looks like a net or a series of compartments, suggests a place where water is divided by sandbanks or flows quickly over a shallow foreshore.
Reading mnemonic
For タン, imagine a tan-colored sandbank where water rushes: tan -> タン, and the sandbank is the rapid, shallow area.