"淹" Chinese-English Dictionary

淹 yān

Radical: 水 (4 traits)
Number of strokes: 11
Structure: gauche et droite

Cangjie: EKLU 水大中山
Sijiao: 3411.6
Wubi: IDJN
GB 2312: D1CD
Big5: B254
Unicode: U+6DF9

Decomposition Practice Sheet Dictionary of examples Synonyms

Chinese	Pinyin	Translation	Actions
淹	yān	to flood / to submerge / to drown / to irritate the skin (of liquids) / to delay	syn

Chinese	Pinyin	Translation	Actions
淹没淹沒	yān mò	to submerge / to drown / to flood / to drown out (also fig.)	syn
淹死	yān sǐ	to drown
淹水	yān shuǐ	to be flooded
淹博	yān bó	widely read / erudite
淹盖淹蓋	yān gài	to submerge / to flood / to drown out
淹蓋	yān gài	to submerge / to flood / to drown out
淹灌	yān guàn	basin irrigation (e.g. paddy fields)
淹留	yān liú	to stay for a long period
淹灭淹滅	yān miè	to submerge / to flood / to bury
淹头搭脑淹頭搭腦	yān tóu dā nǎo	listless

Chinese	Pinyin	Translation	Actions
范仲淹	fàn zhòng yān	Fan Zhongyan (989-1052), Song dynasty scholar and politician, author of On Yueyang Tower 岳陽樓記\|岳阳楼记[Yue4yang2 Lou2 Ji4]