洇

洇 U+6D07, 洇 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6D07 ← 洆 [U+6D06] CJK Unified Ideographs 洈 → [U+6D08]

Translingual

Han character

洇 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 水田大 (EWK), four-corner 3610₀, composition ⿰氵因)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 619, character 23
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17358
• Dae Jaweon: page 1014, character 15
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1607, character 5
• Unihan data for U+6D07

Chinese

simp. and trad.		洇
alternative forms		湮

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
欭	*qrils
烟	*qiːn, *qin
胭	*qiːn
咽	*qiːn, *qiːns, *qiːd
恩	*qɯːn
煾	*qɯːn
因	*qin
姻	*qin
茵	*qin
鞇	*qin
氤	*qin
洇	*qin
駰	*qin, *qrin
絪	*qin
裀	*qin

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yīn (yin¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jan¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • 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: 'jin

Rime
Character	洇
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	眞 (43)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	於眞切
Baxter	'jin
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔiɪn/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔin/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔjen/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔin/
Li Rong	/ʔiĕn/
Wang Li	/ĭĕn/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʔi̯ĕn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yīn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jan1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*qin/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	洇
Reading #	1/1
No.	15181
Phonetic component	因
Rime group	眞
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	因
Old Chinese	/*qin/

Definitions

洇

1. to soak; to sink in; to blotch; to splotch

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 洇 – see 湮 (“to inundate; to sink; to bury; to cover up; to fall into oblivion; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 湮).

Japanese

Kanji

洇

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): いん (in); えつ (etsu); えち (echi)
• Kun: しずむ (shizumu)

Korean

Hanja

洇 (eum 인 (in))

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Vietnamese

Han character

洇: Hán Nôm readings: nhân

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References

• Nom Foundation