湮(yān)

12 strokes
Readingsyānyīn

(literary) to sink into oblivion

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Character information

Pinyin
yān / yīn
Meaning
(literary) to sink into oblivion; (literary) to silt up; Taiwan pr. [yin1]
Strokes
12
HSK level
—
Traditional
Same

Origin & structure

Where 湮 comes from and how its parts fit together.

Ideograph⿰氵垔

A dammed 垔 stream 氵; 垔 also provides the pronunciation

A combination of parts whose meanings add up to the whole.

Made of

氵shuǐ垔yīn

Parts are arranged left to right.

How to write 湮 step by step

12 strokes — each frame adds one stroke, shown in dark ink over the lighter ones.

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Words with 湮

Common words using 湮 — tap any character to open its stroke-order page.

yān湮mò没

to bury; to submerge; to pass into oblivion; to obliterate; to annihilate (…

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yān湮miè灭

to sink into oblivion; to bury in obscurity

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yān湮mò没wú无wén闻

to pass into oblivion

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Related characters

From 湮’s common words

没灭无闻

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