Kanji

湮

Meaning

sink

Readings

Kun'yomi

  • しずむ
  • ふさぐ

On'yomi

  • いん めつ destruction (esp. of evidence)
  • えん

Practice Writing

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Component Analysis

湮
sink
しず.む, ふさ.ぐ, イン
氵
( 水 ) water, water radical (no. 85)
さんずい
垔
to restrain, to dam a stream and change its direction, mound
ふさ.ぐ, シュ, ショウ
覀
( 襾 ) variant of radical 146
土
soil, earth, ground...
つち, ド, ト

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