# 湮

| 湮 | U+6E6E, &#28270; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6E6E |
| ← 湭 [U+6E6D] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 湯 → [U+6E6F] |
| 湮 | U+2F909, &#194825; 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 3111$_4$, composition ⿰氵垔)

#### Derived characters

* 𭕵

#### 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
* Unihan data for U+2F909

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | 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): jan$^1$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland; variant in Taiwan)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: yān
*** Zhuyin: ㄧㄢ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: yan
*** Wade–Giles: yen$^1$
*** Yale: yān
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ian
*** Palladius: янь (janʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /jɛn⁵⁵/
** (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan; variant in Mainland)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: yīn
*** Zhuyin: ㄧㄣ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: yin
*** Wade–Giles: yin$^1$
*** Yale: yīn
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: in
*** Palladius: инь (inʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /in⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: jan$^1$
*** Yale: yān
*** Cantonese Pinyin: jan$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: yen$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /jɐn⁵⁵/
* Middle Chinese: 'jin, 'en
Rime :
| Character | 湮 | 湮 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 影 (34) | 影 (34) |
| Final (韻) | 眞 (43) | 先 (85) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | III | IV |
| Fanqie | 於眞切 | 烏前切 |
| Baxter | 'jin | 'en |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ʔiɪn/ | /ʔen/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ʔin/ | /ʔen/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ʔjen/ | /ʔɛn/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ʔin/ | /ʔɛn/ |
| Li Rong | /ʔiĕn/ | /ʔen/ |
| Wang Li | /ĭĕn/ | /ien/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /ʔi̯ĕn/ | /ʔien/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | yīn | yān |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | jan$^1$ | jin$^1$ |
* 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

湮
* (literary) to inundate; to sink; to bury; to cover up; to fall into oblivion
* (literary) to clog up; to block up; to stop

#### Compounds

* 年湮代遠 / 年湮代远
* 湮沉
* 湮沒 / 湮没 (yānmò)
* 湮沒無聞 / 湮没无闻 (yānmòwúwén)
* 湮淪 / 湮沦
* 湮滅 / 湮灭 (yānmiè)
* 湮阨
* 湮鬱 / 湮郁
* 韜湮 / 韬湮
* 鬱湮 / 郁湮

### 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).

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
* 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)

## Korean
### Hanja

湮 • (in) (hangeul 인)
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## Vietnamese
### Han character

湮: Hán Nôm readings: yên
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#### References

* Nom Foundation