垔

Information about character(s)

Radical: 土
Radical Strokes: 3
Additional Strokes: 6
Total Strokes: 9
Variants: 陻堙

Pronunciation

Pinyin: yīn
Cantonese: jan1
JapaneseKun: HUSAGU
JapaneseOn: SHYOU JU TOU ZU

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: to restrain; to dam a stream and change its direction; a mound

CE-Dict: to restrain/to dam a stream and change its direction/a mound

說文解字 - Shuowen: 《土部》垔塞也。《尚書》曰：「鯀垔洪水。」从土西聲。

Han-De-Dict: zurückhalten (u.E.)