Read Edit View history 淹 yān HSK7 drown Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 奄 represents the sound. Pinyin Separate values with commas yān × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint 氵 is a component form of 水. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 淹 Simp strokes 淹 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 淹 Simp strokes 淹 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 淹 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "animcjk", "medians": [ [ [ 204, 750 ], [ 293, 700 ], [ 324, 651 ] ], [ [ 124, 549 ], [ 254, 460 ] ], [ [ 116, 112 ], [ 178, 70 ], [ 282, 417 ] ], [ [ 364, 636 ], [ 460, 633 ], [ 771, 693 ] ], [ [ 526, 842 ], [ 562, 796 ], [ 504, 597 ], [ 414, 458 ], [ 289, 346 ] ], [ [ 605, 635 ], [ 827, 432 ], [ 982, 409 ] ], [ [ 362, 381 ], [ 395, 359 ], [ 436, 149 ] ], [ [ 408, 382 ], [ 649, 414 ], [ 705, 398 ], [ 725, 372 ], [ 663, 159 ] ], [ [ 464, 279 ], [ 638, 305 ] ], [ [ 444, 168 ], [ 646, 191 ] ], [ [ 518, 502 ], [ 548, 461 ], [ 538, 119 ], [ 584, 27 ], [ 691, -3 ], [ 834, 19 ], [ 880, 60 ], [ 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324 559 317 L 518 305 Z", "M 448 156 Q 451 156 518 163 L 554 167 Q 599 174 642 177 C 672 179 667 198 640 211 Q 631 220 574 209 Q 564 208 553 204 L 517 197 Q 481 191 450 184 C 421 177 418 154 448 156 Z", "M 518 163 Q 521 45 560 11 Q 647 -56 818 -21 Q 824 -20 831 -18 Q 871 -6 911 22 Q 929 37 917 61 Q 904 92 888 186 Q 888 202 881 206 Q 875 209 871 192 Q 846 92 829 61 Q 798 24 690 26 Q 648 27 615 42 Q 587 55 577 75 Q 558 112 554 167 L 553 204 Q 553 240 556 278 L 559 317 Q 560 350 565 383 L 569 416 Q 572 438 576 460 Q 580 476 569 486 Q 556 499 535 506 Q 522 510 515 505 Q 508 502 513 485 Q 526 448 524 413 Q 523 412 523 408 L 521 377 Q 518 340 518 305 L 517 271 Q 516 231 517 197 L 518 163 Z" ] } 11 strokes Historical Pronunciations Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese 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