淹

On the HSK 6 vocabulary list, at CEFR level B2.

yān ㄧㄢ

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

Other words read yān

In the same tone

  • 烟 yān smoke
  • 燕 yān north Hebei
  • 咽 yān throat
  • 嫣 yān lovely
  • 焉 yān where

All 20 words read yān

yan with other tones

  • 言 yán words
  • 眼 yǎn eye
  • 广 yǎn "house on a cliff" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 53), occurring in 店, 序, 底 etc
  • 盐 yán salt
  • 沿 yán along

All 97 words read yan in any tone

Other words read yān

In the same tone

  • 煙 yān smoke
  • 菸 yān tobacco
  • 燕 yān north Hebei
  • 嚥 yàn swallow
  • 嫣 yān lovely

All 20 words read yān

yan with other tones

All 97 words read yan in any tone

The stroke order and parts of 淹

    部首 radical
    氵 a form of 水
    笔画 strokes
    11, with 8 after the 部首
    结构 structure
    左右结构
    偏旁 parts
    氵奄
    形旁 meaning
    氵
    声旁 sound
    奄
    Practise writing 淹

    Trace 淹, then write it from memory. Each stage is passed five times.

    Writing drills that include 淹: HSK 6 vocabulary, part 27: writing drill 4 of 5, Natural disasters: HSK 6: writing drill 3 of 6.

    Words with 淹

    Starting with 淹

    All 9 words starting with 淹

    Ending with 淹

    • 范仲淹 fànzhòngyān Fan Zhongyan (989–1052), Song dynasty scholar and politician, author of On Yueyang Tower 岳阳楼记 yuèyánglóujì

    Words with 淹

    Starting with 淹

    All 9 words starting with 淹

    Ending with 淹

    • 范仲淹 fànzhòngyān Fan Zhongyan (989–1052), Song dynasty scholar and politician, author of On Yueyang Tower 岳阳楼记 yuèyánglóujì

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