to flood
淹 is an 11 stroke, simplified and traditional Chinese character and is pronounced as yān in the first tone.
It is made up of the components 氵 (water) and 奄 (surname Yan).
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Pronunciation
We found 1 pronunciation for 淹
Definitions for 淹 pronounced as yān
- to flood
- to submerge
- to drown
- to irritate the skin (of liquids)
- to delay
Vocabulary
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- to submerge
- to drown
- to flood
- to drown out (also fig.)
- to drown
- Fan Zhongyan (989-1052), minister of Northern Song, led failed reform of 1043
- also writer and author of On Yueyang Tower 岳陽樓記|岳阳楼记
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Book 4 part 2
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HSK 6
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