TSUMUGU · C1 (est.) · 字
潺
潺 ＝ 氵 ＋ 孱
ㄔㄢˊ · chán
adj — gurgling, of flowing water
字源 FORM — what the parts do
氵義water
孱聲chán — gives the soundthree children 孨 under a shelter 尸 — weak, frail
Water (氵) with 孱 chán, a frail huddle of small children. The sound names the soft, thin running of a brook over stones — gurgling (潺潺, 潺湲). It keeps almost entirely to that doubled form, 潺潺, the steady murmur of a stream. The frail part lends only its reading, chán.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
溪水（氵）細細地淌過石頭，潺潺地響個不停。
The brook (氵) runs thin over the stones, gurgling on without stop.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)潺潺— gurgling, murmuring (of water)常用
→潺湲— flowing slow and steady
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension
關 · Related
孱chánthe bare sound donor — frail, before water was added饞chánthe series — greedy for food 食; same reading