淹

Radical: 水

meaning for 淹 yān:

  • - to flood
  • - to submerge
  • - to drown
  • - to irritate the skin (of liquids)
  • - to delayto submerge
  • - to drown
  • - to flood
  • - to drown out (also fig.)Fan Zhongyan (989-1052), minister of Northern Song who led the failed reform of 1043, author of On Yueyang Tower 岳阳楼记 to drowndeep and wide in learning (idiom)to submerge
  • - to flood
  • - to drown out