汧
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Meaning: name of a river flowing through Gansu to Shaanxi Province
💡 Imagine 汧 as 'water' (氵) flowing 'a thousand' (千) miles—a river journey.
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Character Story & Explanation
汧 (qiān) names the Qiān River, flowing from Gansu into Shaanxi. Its radical 氵 (water) reflects ancient reverence for rivers as life sources. Though rare today, it preserves a geographical identity tied to China's northwestern cradle of civilization, showing how characters encode topographical memory.
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