Chinese Character 湮 Meanings and components.

Form

湮

Meaning

湮 meaning[3] in English

To Inundate.

To Bury.

To Cover Up.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 湮 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are 'water' radical in … (氵) , and to restrain (垔)

Its radical[1] is: 水 (shui3) which means: Surname Shui, .水shui3surname Shui

In cangjie it is written with EMWG

How to write 湮

To write湮yan1to inundate you should write a combination of 氵shui5'water' radical … , 垔yin1to restrain arranged in a 吅 shape:

氵 + 垔 = 湮

湮 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 湮 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 湮, looks as follow:

湮
Pinyin:yan1 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Inundate . To Bury . To Cover Up . Obscured . Submerged
氵
Pinyin:shui5
Meaning[3]: 'Water' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 85), Occurring In 没, 法, 流 Etc . See Also 三點水|三点水[San1 Dian3 Shui3]
垔
Pinyin:yin1 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: To Restrain . To Dam A Stream And Change Its Direction . A Mound
覀
Pinyin:xi1
土
Pinyin:tu3
Meaning[3]: Tu (Ethnic Group) . Surname Tu

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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