湮

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

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

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Chinese

trad.		湮
simp. #		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／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

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• 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/

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• Middle Chinese: 'en, 'jin

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
Baxter	'en	'jin
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
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jin1	jan1

• 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

(deprecated template usage) 湮

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

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).

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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

(deprecated template usage) 湮 (yên)

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References

• Nom Foundation