Chinese Character 淹 (jim1 | yi4 yan3 yan4 yan1 ) : [1] [v] drown; cover with liquid; steep; flood

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淹
jim1 yi4 yan3 yan4 yan1
[1] [v] drown; cover with liquid; steep; flood; submerge [2] [v] delay; procrastinate [3] [v] stay; be stranded [4] deep; wellversed; erudite; profound [5] discomfort; caused by perspiration or liquids on skin Stroke count: 11 Level: 3 Radical: 水 (#85)
淹
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淹沒 jim1 mut6 yan1 mo4 = flush; submerge; submergence 淹悶 jim1 mun6 = boring粵淹乾 jim1 gon1 = suffering small losses that over time add up to a huge one 淹尖 jim1 zim1 = choosy, fussy (orthographic variant of 腌尖)
Legend 國 : Written Chinese only 粵 : Spoken Cantonese only

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Decimal representation of this word: 淹
Unicode code for this character: U+6DF9 (off-site link)

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