湮 — Chinese character
湮
yān
to block up; to sink; to stain
- Pinyin
- yān
- Radical
- 85 ⽔ (Water)
- Strokes
- 12
- Components
- 氵 垔
- Formation
- ideographic — A dammed 垔 stream 氵; 垔 also provides the pronunciation
- Japanese
- 湮 as a kanji
Common words with 湮
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 湮灭 (湮滅) | yān miè | to sink into oblivion; to bury in obscurity |
| 湮没 (湮沒) | yān mò | to bury; to submerge |
| 湮没无闻 (湮沒無聞) | yān mò wú wén | to pass into oblivion |
湮 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Zhuangzi 2
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.