yān
drown
Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 奄 represents the sound.
Components
Evolution
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical script
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical script
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
yān
drown; cover with liquid, steep; to flood; to submerge; to drown; to irritate the skin (of liquids); to delay
Most common words with 淹
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
to submerge | ||
to drown | ||
to flood | ||
also writer and author of On Yueyang Tower 岳陽樓記|岳阳楼记 | ||
to be flooded |
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