Kanji Detail for 湮 - "sink, block"

湮

Non-Jōyō Kanji

Meaning
湮 means "sink, block."
1. Sink - To submerge; to be buried; to perish.
2. Block - To obstruct; to be blocked.
Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:

KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

sink

Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

bury, sink, block up; stain

CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

(literary) to sink into oblivion; (literary) to silt up; Taiwan pr. [yin1]

Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

to block up; to sink; to stain

XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

To sink. The meaning of being buried. As in 湮沒, 湮滅 (to be obliterated). | Years long passed is called 年湮代遠, meaning gradually falling into oblivion. Also read like 煙.
Onyomi

en(えん)

in(いん)
Kunyomi

fusa.gu(ふさぐ)

shizu.mu(しずむ)
Strokes

13 strokes
Radical

水氵氺 (mizu・sanzui・shitamizu)
Related Keywords
sink submerge buried perish block obstruct blocked