湮

湮	U+6E6E, 湮 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6E6E

湮	U+2F909, 湮 CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-2F909

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[U+2F908]

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[U+2F90A]

Translingual

Han character

湮 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 水一田土 (EMWG), four-corner 3111₄, composition ⿰氵垔)

Derived characters

𭕵

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 638, character 15
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17873
Dae Jaweon: page 1045, character 7
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1671, character 4
Unihan data for U+6E6E

Unihan data for U+2F909

Chinese

trad.		湮
simp. ^#		湮
alternative forms		洇

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (垔) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

	Old Chinese
黫	*qriːn
甄	ken, kin
薽	ken, kjin
籈	ken, kjin
煙	*qiːn
湮	qiːn, qin
堙	*qin
禋	*qin
闉	*qin
垔	*qin
陻	*qin
諲	*qin
歅	*qin
鄄	*kʷens

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *qiːn, *qin) : semantic 土 (“earth”) + phonetic 垔 (OC *qin).

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yān, yīn

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄢ, ㄧㄣ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jan¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland; variant in Taiwan)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yān
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄢ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yan
  - Wade–Giles: yen¹
  - Yale: yān
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ian
  - Palladius: янь (janʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛn⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan; variant in Mainland)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yīn
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄣ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yin
  - Wade–Giles: yin¹
  - Yale: yīn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: in
  - Palladius: инь (inʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /in⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: jan¹
  - Yale: yān
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jan¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: yen¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐn⁵⁵/

Middle Chinese: 'jin, 'en

Rime
Character	湮	湮
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	影 (34)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	眞 (43)	先 (85)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	IV
Fanqie	於眞切	烏前切
Baxter	'jin	'en
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔiɪn/	/ʔen/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔin/	/ʔen/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔjen/	/ʔɛn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔin/	/ʔɛn/
Li Rong	/ʔiĕn/	/ʔen/
Wang Li	/ĭĕn/	/ien/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ʔi̯ĕn/	/ʔien/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yīn	yān
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jan¹	jin¹

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*qiːn/, /*qin/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	湮	湮
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	15193	15198
Phonetic component	垔	垔
Rime group	眞	眞
Rime subdivision	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	煙	因
Old Chinese	/*qiːn/	/*qin/

Definitions

湮

(literary) to inundate; to sink; to bury; to cover up; to fall into oblivion
(literary) to clog up; to block up; to stop

Compounds

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 湮 – see 洇 (“to soak; to sink in; to blotch; to splotch”). (This character is a variant form of 洇).

Japanese

Kanji

湮

(Hyōgai kanji)

sink

Readings

Go-on: いん (in)、えん (en)
Kan-on: いん (in)、えん (en)
Kan’yō-on: いん (in)
Kun: しずむ (shizumu, 湮む)、ふさぐ (fusagu, 湮ぐ)

Korean

Hanja

湮 • (in) (hangeul 인)

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Vietnamese

Han character

湮: Hán Nôm readings: yên

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References

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