淹 淹 yan1
to flood; to submerge; to drown; to irritate the skin (of liquids); to delay

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radical
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水
strokes after radical 8
范仲淹 范仲淹 fan4 zhong4 yan1
Fan Zhongyan (989-1052), minister of Northern Song, led failed reform of 1043; also writer and author of On Yueyang Tower 岳陽樓記|岳阳楼记

淹博 淹博 yan1 bo2
widely read; erudite

淹盖 淹蓋 yan1 gai4
to submerge; to flood; to drown out

淹灌 淹灌 yan1 guan4
basin irrigation (e.g. paddy fields)

淹留 淹留 yan1 liu2
to stay for a long period

淹灭 淹滅 yan1 mie4
to submerge; to flood; to bury

淹没 淹沒 yan1 mo4
to submerge; to drown; to flood; to drown out (also fig.)

淹水 淹水 yan1 shui3
to be flooded

淹死 淹死 yan1 si3
to drown