沇

沇 · yǎn

flowing and engulfing; brimming

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Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

Mandarin
yǎn
Cantonese
jin5
Definition source
Unihan kDefinition

flowing and engulfing; brimming

Dictionary definitions & readings

沇 Yǎn · surname Yan

沇 yǎn · old variant of 兗 yǎn

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Readings & dictionary references

HDZ · Mandarin readings and locators
31576.030:yǎn,wěi Source property ↗
TGHZ 2013 · Mandarin readings and locators
423.010:yǎn Source property ↗
Japanese · kana
エン イン イ Source property ↗
Korean · Hangul
연:0N 윤:N Source property ↗
Fanqie pairs
以轉 Source property ↗
Cangjie input code
EIHU Source property ↗
Four-corner lookup codes
3311.1 Source property ↗
Kangxi · dictionary positions
0610.040 Source property ↗
Song Ben Guang Yun · dictionary positions
293.24 Source property ↗
Grammata Serica Recensa · references
0468n Source property ↗

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+6C87
Radical
水 · 85
Strokes
7
Residual strokes
4
Standard list
通用规范汉字表 · level 3 · #6619

Source record, not an individually reviewed etymological dossier.

Stroke order

7 strokes
沇
Strokes
7
Convention
PRC · Make Me a Hanzi

7 strokes in writing order. Play to watch them, or Step through one at a time.

Modern stroke order; regional conventions can differ. Stroke medians: Make Me a Hanzi via HanziLookupJS, drawn as an even pen line.

Words & connections

Dictionary & examples

History & distinctions

Related forms

No simplified/traditional variant assertion retained.

Historical readings

Middle Chinese
ywenX · 以轉 · 山合三上仙以 · #1642

PHONO-ML, source line 10907; CC BY 4.0. Source-generated reading categories, not modern pronunciation. Attribution & limitations.

Sources & reference

Evidence

Unihan 17.0.0 · Unicode License V3 · Official-list coverage

Exact Unihan properties
kCihaiT
769.601
kDaeJaweon
1002.140
kGSR
0468n
kHanYu
31576.030
kIRGDaeJaweon
1002.140
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
31576.030
kIRGKangXi
0610.040
kKangXi
0610.040
kMorohashi
17188
kSBGY
293.24
kCangjie
EIHU
kFourCornerCode
3311.1
kMojiJoho
MJ015131
kPhonetic
1444
kUnihanCore2020
GHKMPT
kIICore
AKP
kIRG_GSource
G5-547E
kIRG_HSource
HB2-CB56
kIRG_JSource
J1-466B
kIRG_KPSource
KP0-F8E8
kIRG_KSource
K0-664C
kIRG_TSource
T2-2456
kRSUnicode
85.4
kTotalStrokes
7
kBigFive
CB56
kCCCII
224751
kCNS1986
2-2456
kCNS1992
2-2456
kEACC
224751
kGB5
5294
kGB8
1459
kJis1
3875
kKoreanName
2015
kMainlandTelegraph
8662
kTGH
2013:6619
kTaiwanTelegraph
8657
kXerox
301:176
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+21851+85.3.4
kCantonese
jin5
kDefinition
flowing and engulfing; brimming
kFanqie
以轉
kHangul
연:0N 윤:N
kHanyuPinyin
31576.030:yǎn,wěi
kJapanese
エン イン イ
kJapaneseKun
NAGARERU
kJapaneseOn
EN I
kKorean
YEN
kMandarin
yǎn
kTGHZ2013
423.010:yǎn

Sentences in context

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Structure & connections

0.10
2dictionary records using 沇0forms using this shape1attributed sound links
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Shape description
氵 beside 允 · the shape used in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, North Korea
Source notation ^⿰氵允$(GHTJKP)
BabelStone · 2025-06-27. Encoded shape and region tags; graphical analysis does not establish historical function.

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿰氵允$(GHTJKP)

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