淹 meaning and pronunciation

淹
Simplified/traditional character

淹 English definition

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

HSK levels

Characters with the same pronunciation

  • 傿 : name of an immortal; ancient place name; surname Yan;
  • 啱 : correct; suitable; to suit sb; just now (Cantonese);
  • 嫣 : captivating;
  • 崦 : name of a mountain in Gansu;
  • 殷 : dark red;
  • 湮 : to inundate; to bury; to cover up; obscured; submerged;
  • 烟 : cigarette or pipe tobacco; CL:根[gen1]; smoke; mist; vapour; CL:縷|缕[lu:3]; tobacco plant; (of the eyes) to be irritated by smoke;
  • 焉 : where; how;
  • 燕 : Yan, a vassal state of Zhou in modern Hebei and Liaoning; north Hebei; the four Yan kingdoms of the Sixteen Kingdoms, namely: Former Yan 前燕 (337-370), Later Yan 後燕|后燕 (384-409), Southern Yan 南燕 (398-410), Northern Yan 北燕 (409-436); surname Yan;
  • 珚 : a kind of jade;
  • 篶 : black bamboo;
  • 胭 : rouge;
  • 腌 : to salt; to pickle; to cure (meat); to marinate;
  • 阉 : to castrate; a castrate; neuter;

Words containing 淹, by HSK level

雀 峻