Taxonomy of meanings for 灌:　　

  • 灌 guàn (OC: koons MC: kʷɑn) 古玩切 去 廣韻：【水名在廬江又聚也澆也漬也又姓漢有灌嬰 】
    • ABUNDANT
      • vadNluxuriantly growing
    • ATTACK
      • vtoNattack by inundation
    • ENTER
      • vtoNenter (typically water) into a container, pour into
    • FLOW
      • vtoNflow into, pour into (as a small river into the Yellow River) ZZ 17: 百川灌河 All the small rivers pour into the Yellow River.
    • IRRIGATE
      • vt(oN)irrigate the contextually determinate place
      • vtoNirrigate, pour water over
      • VPt[oN]engage in all manner of irrigation
    • POUR
      • vadNfor pouring 灌具 French: cystere
      • vt[oN]pour libations in sacrifice
      • vtoNpour liquid into (the mouth etc); pour liquid over
    • SACRIFICE
      • viactcarry out libation
    • WASH
      • TOAST
        • DRINK
          • PUT
            • SMELT
              • RECORD
                • EARNEST
                  • FOREST
                    • RIVERS
                      • SURNAMES
                        • REGIONS

                          Additional information about 灌

                          說文解字:

                            Criteria
                          • IRRIGATE

                            1. The current general term refering to irrigation is guànjìn 灌寖.

                            2. Guàn 灌 is a later general term for irrigation.

                            3. Jiāo 澆 refers to irrigation with a small amount of water.

                            4. Gài 溉 is the original general term refering to irrigation.

                            5. Jìn 浸 refers to irrigation with a certain amount of water.

                            6. Wò 沃 is another term meaning to irrigate.

                          • ENTER

                            1. The standard dominant word is rù 入 (ant. chū 出 "go out") which refers to any kind of concrete or abstract entering of a thing into another.

                            2. Nà 納 / 內 is causative and refers to letting enter or causing to enter.

                            3. Zhù 注 refers to causing liquids to enter a a container. [See also POUR]

                            4. Guàn 灌 refers to causing water to enter a location (prototypically for irrigation). [See POUR.]

                            NB: Jìn 進 "to enter" occurs only from JIN DYNASTY times onwards, as far as I have been able to see.

                          • POUR

                            1. The current general word for the pouring of liquids is guàn 灌.

                            2. Zhù 注 is to pour by a well-defined small stream of liquid into a well-defined place.

                            3. Wò 沃 refers to pouring liquids in a fairly broad swathe of water.

                          • PREJUDICE

                            朱熹 : 灌去舊見, 以來新意.

                            Word relations
                          • Assoc: (IRRIGATE)溉/IRRIGATE Gài 溉 is the original general term refering to irrigation.