垔
yīn

dam up, block, restrain

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approved by inralback19 · Feb 5, 2026, 12:42 PM · Reviewed by inralback19 on Feb 5, 2026, 12:42 PM

i think

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Origin unclear.

Components

囟
囟 Sound component
Change in sound
Change in form
Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to 囟 than it was in ancient scripts.
土
土 Meaning component

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Early Warring States ~400 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagart'jin[q]i[n] dam up, block; mound

說文解字

《說文》：“垔，塞也。《尚書》曰：‘鯀垔洪水。’从土，西聲。，古文垔。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)