淹

to flood; to submerge; to drown; to irritate the skin (of liquids); to delay

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Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

氵 (semantic, “water”) + 奄 (phonetic, yǎn)

components: 氵奄

inundate · Heisig RSH #2944

水 water + hang glider

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 奄

Siblings built with the same phonetic component 奄 (yǎn) — compare how they read:

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
奄 sound component	yǎn	to remain, to tarry; feeble
掩	yǎn	to cover up (with a hand); to ambush, to conceal; to shut
阉	yān	eunuch; to castrate
鹌	ān	quail; Coturnix coturnix
崦	yān	a mountain in Kansu where the sun is supposed to set at night
俺	ǎn	I, me, my (some dialects)
唵	ǎn	to eat with one's hands; used in transliterations
殗	yè	sickness; repeated
埯	ǎn	pit, hole; to bury
罨	yǎn	medical compress; fishing net

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
淹头搭脑	yān tóu dā nǎo	listless
淹水	yān shuǐ	to be flooded
淹死	yān sǐ	to drown
淹博	yān bó	widely read; erudite
淹没	yān mò	to submerge; to drown; to flood; to drown out (also fig.)
淹留	yān liú	to stay for a long period
淹盖	yān gài	to submerge; to flood; to drown out
淹灭	yān miè	to submerge; to flood; to bury
范仲淹	Fàn Zhòng yān	Fan Zhongyan (989–1052), Song dynasty scholar and politician, author of On Yueyang Tower 岳…
淹灌	yān guàn	basin irrigation (e.g. paddy fields)