溅 (jiàn): to splash

Meanings

1 to splash
2 to spatter
3 to splatter

Characters

溅

jiàn

to splash; to spatter

Examples

泥水溅了我一身。

Ní shuǐ jiàn le wǒ yìshēn.

Muddy water splashed all over me.

油从锅里溅出来了。

Yóu cóng guō lǐ jiàn chūlái le.

Oil splashed out of the pan.

Tips

memory

溅 has the water radical 氵on the left, showing it's related to liquid. Think of water 'jumping' (贱 jiàn sounds the same) out of a container.

Components

radical

氵 shuǐ

water (radical)

Left radical 氵 is the side-form of 水 (water), three drops falling vertically. Marks 溅 as a water action — splashing, spraying. Same radical anchors the huge water-verb family: 流 (flow), 浇 (pour), 泼 (splash), 滴 (drip), 洒 (sprinkle). When liquid moves, 氵 is on the left.

phonetic

贱 jiàn

cheap; lowly (phonetic)

Right phonetic 贱 supplies the sound jiàn with no drift. 贱 itself means 'cheap, of low value', but here it functions purely as a sound marker. Same phonetic appears in 践 (tread), 饯 (farewell drink), and 栈 (storehouse) — all jiàn-readings.