汶 (Wèn)

Wen River in northwest Sichuan (same as 汶川); classical name of river i

Etymology

Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 文 represents the sound.

Shuowen Jiezi

《說文》：“汶，水。出琅邪朱虛東泰山，東入濰。从水，文聲。桑欽說，汶水出泰山萊蕪，西南入泲。”

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