Kanji Detail for 涓 - "trickle, drop, slight, purify"

涓

Non-Jōyō Kanji

Meaning
涓 means "trickle, drop, slight, purify."
1. Trickle - A small stream; a rivulet.
2. Drop - A water droplet.
3. Slight - Small; trivial.
4. Purify - To cleanse; pure.
Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:

KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

drop; pure

Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

brook, stream; select; pure

CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

surname Juan

Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

brook, stream; pure; to select

XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

The finest water. As in 涓滴 (tiny drops), 涓埃 (specks of dust), all used to describe the most minute things. | To select. As in choosing an auspicious day is called 涓吉. | Clean. Eunuchs are also called 中涓 (palace attendants), meaning those who dwell in the forbidden palace and keep it clean.
Onyomi

ken(ケン)
Kunyomi
none
Strokes

11 strokes
Radical

水氵氺 (mizu・sanzui・shitamizu)
Related Keywords
trickle small stream rivulet drop water droplet slight trivial purify cleanse pure