湮 = 氵 + 垔

湮 is a Chinese hanzi, listed here under the keyword “bury”. It is built from 氵 (water) and 垔 (to restrain).

Keyword: bury
Pinyin (Mandarin): yān
Script: Chinese hanzi
Also known as: bury, sink, block up, блокировать, топить, хоронить, sink, block up

Decomposition

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氵 water
垔 to restrain

How to find 湮 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “water” + “to restrain”. 湮 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 湮 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.