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埯

ǎn

Character

What 埯 means

1. hole in the ground to plant seeds in
2. to make a hole for seeds
3. to dibble

Characters built on 奄

These share the phonetic component 奄 (yǎn), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 掩yǎnto cover up; to conceal; to close (a door, book etc)…
• 淹yānto flood; to submerge; to drown
• 俺ǎnI (northern dialects)
• 阉yānto castrate; a castrate; neuter
• 鹌ānused in 鹌鹑
• 庵ānhut; small temple; nunnery
• 唵ǎn(interjection) oh!; (dialect) to stuff sth in one's mouth…
• 崦yānname of a mountain in Gansu

Sounds the same

Read ǎn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 俺I (northern dialects)
• 铵ammonium
• 唵(interjection) oh!; (dialect) to stuff sth in one's mouth…
• 垵(used in place names); variant of 埯
• 揞to apply (medicinal powder to a wound); to cover up; to conceal