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淹

yān

to drown, to immerse, to steep

🔤 Pictophonetic: 氵 (water) provides meaning, 奄 provides pronunciation

HSK 6 11 strokes Common (26%)

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Component Breakdown

Each color represents a different component

to remain, to tarry; feeble

⿰氵奄 i

Stroke Order

Component Tree i

shuǐ

氵

water

3 strokes

yǎn

奄

to remain, to tarry; feeble

8 strokes

dà

大

big, great, vast, high, deep

💡 Ideographic: A man 人 with outstretched arms

3 strokes HSK 1

diàn

电

electricity; electric; lightning

💡 Ideographic: Simplified form of 電; lightning 申 from a storm cloud 雨

5 strokes HSK 1

yuē

曰

to speak; to say

💡 Ideographic: Picture of an open 一 mouth 口

4 strokes

kǒu

口

mouth; entrance, gate, opening

📷 Pictographic: An open mouth

3 strokes HSK 3

jiōng

冂

wide

2 strokes

yī

一

one; a, an; alone

💡 Ideographic: Represents heaven (天), earth (旦), or the number 1

1 strokes HSK 1

yī

一

one; a, an; alone

💡 Ideographic: Represents heaven (天), earth (旦), or the number 1

1 strokes HSK 1

gōu

乚

secret, hidden, mysterious; small, minute; to conceal

1 strokes

Words Using 淹 (9)

Character

Pinyin

Definition

HSK

淹没 ↗

yānmò

to submerge / to drown / to flood / to drown out (also fig.)

yānmò

淹没 ↗

HSK 6

to submerge / to drown / to flood / to drown out (also fig.)

to flood / to submerge / to drown / to irritate the skin (of liquids) / to delay

yān

淹 ↗

to flood / to submerge / to drown / to irritate the skin (of liquids) / to delay

淹灌 ↗

yānguàn

basin irrigation (e.g. paddy fields)

yānguàn

淹灌 ↗

basin irrigation (e.g. paddy fields)

淹留 ↗

yānliú

to stay for a long period

yānliú

淹留 ↗

to stay for a long period

淹盖 ↗

yāngài

to submerge / to flood / to drown out

yāngài

淹盖 ↗

to submerge / to flood / to drown out

淹博 ↗

yānbó

widely read / erudite

yānbó

淹博 ↗

widely read / erudite

淹灭 ↗

yānmiè

to submerge / to flood / to bury

yānmiè

淹灭 ↗

to submerge / to flood / to bury

范仲淹 ↗

FànZhòngyān

Fan Zhongyan (989-1052), minister of Northern Song, led failed reform of 1043 / also writer and author of On Yueyang Tower [[岳陽樓記|岳阳楼记]]

FànZhòngyān

范仲淹 ↗

Fan Zhongyan (989-1052), minister of Northern Song, led failed reform of 1043 / also writer and author of On Yueyang Tower [[岳陽樓記|岳阳楼记]]