淹(yān)

HSK 7-911 strokes

to flood

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Character information

Pinyin
yān
Meaning
to flood; to submerge; to drown; to irritate the skin (of liquids); to delay
Strokes
11
HSK level
HSK 7-9
Traditional
Same

Origin & structure

Where 淹 comes from and how its parts fit together.

Phonetic-semantic compound⿰氵奄

In this compound, the meaning comes from 氵 (water); 奄 supplies the sound.

One part carries the meaning, the other suggests the sound.

Made of

氵shuǐ奄yǎn

Parts are arranged left to right.

How to write 淹 step by step

11 strokes — each frame adds one stroke, shown in dark ink over the lighter ones.

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Words with 淹

Common words using 淹 — tap any character to open its stroke-order page.

yān淹bó博

widely read; erudite

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yān淹sǐ死

to drown

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yān淹shuǐ水

to be flooded

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yān淹mò没

to submerge

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fàn范zhòng仲yān淹

Fan Zhongyan (989–1052), Song dynasty scholar and politician, author of On Yueyang Towe…

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From 淹’s common words

博死水没范仲

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