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(Kangxi radical 85, +9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 水一田土 (EMWG), four-corner 31114, composition )

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 638, character 15
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17873
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1045, character 7
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1671, character 4
  • Unihan data for U+6E6E
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alternative forms
Old Chinese
*qriːn
*ken, *kin
*ken, *kjin
*ken, *kjin
*qiːn
*qiːn, *qin
*qin
*qin
*qin
*qin
*qin
*qin
*qin
*kʷens

Phono-semantic compound (形聲形声, OC *qiːn, *qin) : semantic (earth) + phonetic (OC *qin).



  1. (literary) to inundate; to sink; to bury; to cover up; to fall into oblivion
  2. (literary) to clog up; to block up; to stop

For pronunciation and definitions of – see (“to soak; to sink in; to blotch; to splotch”).
(This character is a variant form of ).

(Hyōgai kanji)

  1. sink

(in) (hangeul )

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: Hán Nôm readings: yên

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