湮

湮

湮 U+6E6E, 湮 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6E6E ← 湭 [U+6E6D] CJK Unified Ideographs 湯 → [U+6E6F]

湮 U+2F909, 湮 CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-2F909 ← 港 [U+2F908] CJK Compatibility Ideographs Supplement 㴳 → [U+2F90A]

Translingual

Han character

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

References

• KangXi: page 638, character 15
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17873
• Dae Jaweon: page 1045, character 7
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 1671, character 4
• Unihan data for U+6E6E

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		湮

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, OC *qiːn, *qin) : semantic 土 (“earth”) + phonetic 垔 (OC *qin).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yān, yīn

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄢ, ㄧㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jan¹

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

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• Middle Chinese: /ʔen/, /ʔiɪn/▼

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

• 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

1. to inundate; to bury; to cover up; to sink; to fall into oblivion
2. to clog up

Compounds

年湮代遠／年湮代远 湮沉 湮沒／湮没 (yānmò)

湮沒無聞／湮没无闻 湮滅／湮灭 (yānmiè)

湮阨 湮鬱／湮郁

Etymology 2

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

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Japanese

Kanji

湮

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. 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)

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Korean

Hanja

湮 • (in) (hangeul 인)

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Vietnamese

Han character

湮 (yên)

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References

• Nom Foundation