1. 湮

湮

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  1. 湮 is the 4049th most frequent character.
  2. 湮 has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. 湮 appears as a character in 2 words.
  4. 湮 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
湮 => 氵, 垔
Radical :
湮 => 氵 (water), 西 (west), 土 (earth)
Graphical :
湮 => ⺀, ㇀, 一, 丿, 乚, 冂, 一, 一, 丨, 一

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. yan1 - to inundate/to bury/to cover up/obscured/submerged
  2. yin1 - variant of 洇[yin1]

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 湮 (yan1): The component 垔 is pronounced as 'yin1'. It has the same pinyin initial.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 湮 (yin1): The component 垔 is pronounced as 'yin1'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

湮灭 (湮滅)

Medium Frequency

湮没 (湮沒)
Decomposition Levels:
Level 1: Only divided once. So only two components.
Level 2: Radical Decomposition. The character gets decomposed into its lowest radical components. For the complete list visit the Radical wikipedia page.
Level 3: Graphical Decomposition. Shows all the strokes & lowest level of components that make up the character.
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