"淹" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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淹
Trad. 淹
Radical
Radical
(Bushou)		 水
Strokes 4
Composition
Strokes 11
Structure
Decomp. 氵大电
氵 + 奄
Prononciation
Mandarin yān
Entry Methods
Pinyin yan1
Kanji /
Cangjie
 EKLU
水乂中山
Sijiao 3411.6
Wubi IDJN
CNS 11643 1-5B59
Encodages (hexa)
Unicode U+6DF9
GB2312 D1CD
BIG5 B254
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淹 yān to flood / to submerge / to drown / to irritate the skin (of liquids) / to delay
Results beginning with 淹
淹没 yān mò to submerge / to drown / to flood / to drown out (also fig.)
淹死 yān sǐ to drown
淹水 yān shuǐ to be flooded
淹博 yān bó widely read / erudite
淹蓋 yān gài to submerge / to flood / to drown out
淹盖 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 yān miè to submerge / to flood / to bury
淹头搭脑 yān tóu dā nǎo listless
Approximate Results for 淹
范仲淹 Fàn Zhòng yān Fan Zhongyan (989-1052), minister of Northern Song who led the failed reform of 1043, author of On Yueyang Tower 岳陽樓記|岳阳楼记
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