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湮
yān
1. to inundate
2. to bury
3. to cover up
4. obscured
5. submerged
Common • Top 11% ✏️ 12 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

湮
yān
to block up; to sink; to stain
12 丶

Compound Words (2)

湮没
yānmò
to bury
湮没无闻
yānmòwúwén
to pass into oblivion

Alternate Entries

湮
yīn
variant of [[洇<yīn>]]

Metadata

Category
Chinese
Character Frequency Rank
4,058
Word Frequency Rank
9,302 of 84,292