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The character 湍 is a phono-semantic compound. Its left side features the water radical 氵, an abbreviation of 水, which places it within the semantic field of water and rivers. The right side is the phonetic component 耖, which originally depicted a plant's root but here provides the pronunciation. The character itself means rushing water or a turbulent current. It is commonly used in geographic and literary contexts to describe the forceful, swift flow of water through narrow gorges or steep riverbeds, as seen in compound words like 湍急, which emphasizes the extreme speed of the current.
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这条河水很湍急。
湍流的声音很大。
小心湍急的河流。
山间的溪流湍急而清澈。
暴雨后河水变得湍急。
湍流中航行非常危险。
由于地形陡峭，这里的水流常年湍急。
工程师们设计了特殊的水坝来减缓湍流的速度。