溅 (jiàn): to splash
溅 (jiàn) is a Chinese character meaning “to splash.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 氵 (semantic) and 贱 (phonetic). It ranks #2719 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 溅 water. Its radical form 氵 (water) appears in many related characters such as 水 (shuǐ, water), 汉 (hàn, Han ethnic group), 汽 (qì, steam).
Definitions
- to splash
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 喷溅 | pēn jiàn | to splash |
| 飞溅 | fēi jiàn | to splash |
| 溅开 | jiàn kāi | splash |
| 飞沫四溅 | fēi mò sì jiàn | to spray in all directions |
| 四溅 | sì jiàn | (of droplets, sparks etc) to fly about in all directions |
| 溅落 | jiàn luò | (of a spacecraft) to splash down |
| 溅射 | jiàn shè | sputtering |
| 溅洒 | jiàn sǎ | to spill |
| 泼溅 | pō jiàn | to spatter |
溅 appears in 9 compound words: 44 as the first character, 56 as the last, and 0 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 溅 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Example Sentences
清晨的溅面波光粼粼，倒映着岸边的柳树。
qīng chén de jiàn miàn bō guāng 粼 粼 , dǎo yìng zhe àn biān de liǔ shù .
The rippling surface of the water glistened in the early morning light, reflecting the willow trees along the shore.
...妈晒衣她推开铁窗!台中2岁女“8楼坠落”溅血 加护病房抢救
. . . mā shài yī tā tuī kāi tiě chuāng ! tái zhōng 2 suì nǚ 8 lóu zhuì luò jiàn xiě jiā hù bìng fáng qiǎng jiù
站着尿比较man?医摇头“喷溅肉眼看不到” 2类人坐着更顺
zhàn zhe niào bǐ jiào m a n ? yī yáo tóu pēn jiàn ròu yǎn kàn bù dào 2 lèi rén zuò zhe gēng shùn
20万债务惹杀机!万华阿公店爆溅血冲突 男后颈遭刺送医
2 0 wàn zhài wù rě shā jī ! wàn huá ā gōng diàn bào jiàn xiě chōng tū nán hòu jǐng zāo cì sòng yī
$200,000 Debt Leads to Deadly Stabbing! Bloody Brawl Erupts at Wan Hua's "Grandpa's Shop"; Man Hospitalized After Being Stabbed in the Back of the Neck
19岁少女带新欢“乔债”前男友祖孙三代溅血
1 9 suì shǎo nǚ dài xīn huān qiáo zhài qián nán yǒu zǔ sūn sān dài jiàn xiě
A 19-year-old girl brought her new love "Qiao Debt" to her ex-boyfriend's grandparents and grandchildren to splatter blood
他愤怒地践踏水坑，弄得泥水四溅。
Tā fènnù de jiàntà shuǐkēng, nòng de níshuǐ sìjiàn.
Angrily, he stomped on the puddle, splashing mud everywhere.
为溅出的牛奶哭也没用。
Wèi jiàn chū de niúnǎi kū yě méiyòng.
It is no use crying over spilt milk.
汤姆和我溅了对方。
Tāngmǔ hé wǒ jiàn le duìfāng.
Tom and I splashed each other.
车子经过的时候把泥水溅到了我的身上。
Chēzi jīngguò de shíhou bǎ níshuǐ jiàn dào le wǒ de shēnshang.
The passing car splashed muddy water on me.
Character Family
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