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yān
  1. 1.(literary) to sink into oblivion
  2. 2.(literary) to silt up
  3. 3.Taiwan pr. [yīn]
yīn
  1. 1.variant of 洇[yīn]

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Wiktionary

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

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Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *qiːn, *qin): semantic 土 (“earth”) + phonetic 垔 (OC *qin).

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