Chinese Character 淹 Meanings and components.

Form

淹

Meaning

淹 meaning[3] in English

To Flood.

To Submerge.

To Drown.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 淹 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are 'water' radical in … (氵) , and surname Yan (奄)

Its radical[1] is: 水 (shui3) which means: Surname Shui, .水shui3surname Shui

In cangjie it is written with EKLU

How to write 淹

To write淹yan1to flood you should write a combination of 氵shui5'water' radical … , 奄yan3surname Yan arranged in a 吅 shape:

氵 + 奄 = 淹

淹 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 淹 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 淹, looks as follow:

淹
Pinyin:yan1 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Flood . To Submerge . To Drown . To Irritate The Skin (Of Liquids) . To Delay
氵
Pinyin:shui5
Meaning[3]: 'Water' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 85), Occurring In 没, 法, 流 Etc . See Also 三點水|三点水[San1 Dian3 Shui3]
奄
Pinyin:yan3 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Surname Yan
大
Pinyin:da4
Meaning[3]: Big . Huge . Large . Major . Great . Wide . Deep . Older (Than) . Oldest . Eldest . Greatly . Very Much . (Dialect) Father . Father'S Elder Or Younger Brother
电
Pinyin:dian4 Shape:+
Meaning[3]: Lightning . Electricity . Electric (Bound Form) . To Get (Or Give) An Electric Shock . Phone Call Or Telegram Etc . To Send Via Telephone Or Telegram Etc
曰
Pinyin:yue1
Meaning[3]: To Speak . To Say
乚
Pinyin:yin3
Meaning[3]: Component In Chinese Characters . Archaic Variant Of 毫[Hao2] . Archaic Variant Of 乙[Yi3]

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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