堙

Information about character(s)

Radical: 土
Radical Strokes: 3
Additional Strokes: 9
Total Strokes: 12
Variants: 垔陻

Pronunciation

Pinyin: yīn
Cantonese: jan1
JapaneseKun: FUSAGU
JapaneseOn: IN
Korean: IN

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: bury; dam, block up

CE-Dict: bury/mound/to dam/close

康熙字典文字版 【丑集中】【土字部】堙
【類篇】同垔，塞也。【左傳·襄六年】晏弱城東陽而遂圍萊。甲寅，堙之環城，傅于堞。　又土山也。【公羊傳·宣十五年】（於是使司馬）子反乗堙而窺宋城。　又距堙，登城之具也。【孫武子攻城篇】攻城之法，修轒轀，具器械，三月而後成距堙。【註】謂踊土稍高，而前以傅其城也。　又叶烏前切，音湮。【陸機·弔蔡邕文】彼洪川之方割，豈一墤之所堙。故尼父之惠訓，智必愚而後賢。　又與陻通。互詳陻字註。

Han-De-Dict: schließen, abschließen (u.E.)/stauen (u.E.)