1234567891011Keywordto drownto immerseto steepFrequency#2510Strokes11ReadingsyānMnemonic氵 (water) gives the meaning and 奄 the sound.Stroke orderComposed of氵water奄suddenlyUsed in vocabulary淹没yānmòto submerge; to drown; to flood; to drown out (also fig.)淹死yānsǐto drown淹yānto flood; to submerge; to drown; to irritate the skin (of liquids); to delay淹水yānshuǐto be flooded范仲淹FànZhòngyānFan Zhongyan (989–1052), Song dynasty scholar and politician, author of On Yueyang Tower 岳阳楼记 (YuèyángLóuJì)淹留yānliúto stay for a long period