淹 yān to drown
to drown; to immerse; to steep; to flood; to submerge
怎么记住“淹”: 氵 water + 奄 cover all = to drown. The storm water rises and threatens to cover all the fields, so the family carries the hens upstairs before the flood comes to drown them.
部件结构
淹 = 氵 water + 奄 cover all
- 氵 water
- 奄 cover all
The storm water rises and threatens to cover all the fields, so the family carries the hens upstairs before the flood comes to drown them.
用法
- To flood/submerge/drown - 淹没 (yānmò) to submerge/inundate, 被水淹 flooded by water.
- 淹死 (yānsǐ) = to drown; 淹 conveys being overwhelmed by water.
- Figurative 'to be drowned out/buried': 被淹没在人海中 lost in a sea of people.
- Distinct from 泡 (to soak deliberately) - 淹 is unwanted submersion.