123456789101112KeywordTaiwan pr. yīnto block upto sinkto stainFrequency#3852Strokes12ReadingsyānMnemonicA dammed 垔 stream 氵; 垔 also provides the pronunciationStroke orderComposed of氵water垔to restrainUsed in vocabulary湮灭yānmièto sink into oblivion; to bury in obscurity湮没yānmòto bury; to submerge; to pass into oblivion; to obliterate; to annihilate (physics)湮yān(literary) to sink into oblivion; (literary) to silt up; Taiwan pr. yīn湮没无闻yānmòwúwénto pass into oblivion