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沇
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flowing and engulfing

HSK 10
Nature →Elements →Water
Yǎn, yǎn
エン、イ
なが.れる
Components
氵 water (drops)+ 允 consent =
沇 flowing and engulfing
氵 Meaning component
shui water (drops)
water
water
允 Phonetic component
yǔn consent
to grant, to allow, to consent
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Notes
Similar Characters
泪 weep (simp)派 faction涉 ford渔 fish (simp)漁 fishing (trad/jp)柒 number seven染 dye梁 Liang氾 overflow (trad/jp)氿 spring汀 sandbar汁 juice汇 confluence of rivers (simp)汉 Chinese people (simp)汊 a branching stream汐 night tides汒 汔 close汕 basket for catching fish汗 sweat
Historical Evolution
Bronze Late Spring and Autumn (~500 BC)
Bronze
Late Spring and Autumn (~500 BC)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
沇
Regular
Modern
Chinese
沇 [Yǎn]
surname Yan
沇 [yǎn]
archaic variant of 兗|兖[Yǎn]
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