yān

bury

A dammed  stream  also provides the pronunciation

Components

Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water
SoundMeaning component
yīn dam up, block, restrain

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangqiːn
qin

說文解字

没也。从水垔聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica