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垔

yīn

dam up, block, restrain

Origin unclear.

Components
西 unknown component

西  Unknown component

xī

  

west

The purpose of this component is unclear.

土 meaning component

土  Meaning component

tǔ

  

earth

Evolution

垔 Bronze script Early Warring States (~400 BC)

Bronze script

Early Warring States (~400 BC)
垔 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
垔 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
垔 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

垔  

yīn

to restrain; to dam a stream and change its direction; a mound

Component uses

Meaning component in 1 character (0 verified)

湮

Sound component in 6 characters (1 verified)

煙 甄 湮 鄄 堙 闉

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*[q]i[n]

'jin

yīn

dam up, block; mound


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Miscellaneous

Strokes

9

Unicode

U+5794

Shuowen

“垔，塞也。《尚書》曰：‘鯀垔洪水。’从土，西聲。，古文垔。”


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