淹
to drown, to immerse, to steep; to flood; to submerge; to drown; to irritate the skin (of liquids); to delay
- Strokes
- 11
- Pinyin
- yān
Parts
Words with 淹
- 淹博yān bó · yanbowidely read; erudite
- 淹死yān sǐ · yansito drown
- 淹水yān shuǐ · yanshuito be flooded
- 淹没yān mò · yanmoto submerge; to drown; to flood
- 淹灭yān miè · yanmieto submerge; to flood; to bury
- 淹灌yān guàn · yanguanbasin irrigation (e.g. paddy fields)
- 淹留yān liú · yanliuto stay for a long period
- 淹盖yān gài · yangaito submerge; to flood; to drown out
- 范仲淹fàn zhòng yān · fanzhongyanFan Zhongyan (989–1052), Song dynasty scholar and politician, author of On Yueyang Tower 岳陽樓記|岳阳楼记[Yue4 yang2 Lou2 Ji4]
- 淹头搭脑yān tóu dā nǎo · yantoudanaolistless