Dong Chinese dictionary

yān, yīn

bury

A dammed 垔 stream 氵; 垔 also provides the pronunciation

Components

氵 Meaning component

shui, shuǐ

water

yīn

dam up, block, restrain

Evolution

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

yān

bury, sink, block up; stain; to inundate; to bury; to cover up; obscured; submerged

yīn

variant of 洇[yīn]

Most common words with 湮

Sources