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The character "涧" derives from its traditional form "澗", structured with the water radical "氵" and the component "間", which provided phonetic cues and conveyed the concept of an interval, leading to the meaning of a stream between mountains. Over centuries, the character's application has centered on mountain gorges or waterflows in valleys. The simplified form "涧" replaces "間" with "间", a graphical simplification that retains the water radical and the phonetic role, while the character's core meaning remains associated with water in constrained topographic features.
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山涧的水很清。
我们沿着山涧走。
涧水从山上流下来。
孩子在涧边玩耍。
雨后山涧的水位上涨了。
他们决定在涧谷中露营。
清澈的涧水倒映着蓝天。
尽管山涧狭窄，但水流却十分湍急。