Chinese Character Wiki

洇

yān, yīn

Components
氵 meaning component

氵  Meaning component

shui, shuǐ

  

water

water

因 sound component

因  Sound component

yīn

  

cause

Evolution

洇 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
洇 Clerical script Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)

Clerical script

Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
洇 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

洇  

yān

variant of 湮[yān]

洇  

yīn

to soak; to blotch; to splotch

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

6225th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

9

Unicode

U+6D07

Shuowen

“洇，水也。从水，因聲。”


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