淹

ya̅n = y + an1

to flood / to submerge / to drown / to irritate the skin (of liquids) / to delay

淹 = 奄 + 氵 : Maud Younger (y) prepares an omelet (奄) in front of the anthill (an1). As a final step she wants to deglaze the omelet, but the water bottle (氵) slips out of her hand and she drowns (淹) the omelet in water.

淹 character breakdown

淹
- 奄
  - 大
    - 一
    - 人
      - 丿
      - ㇏
  - 电
    - 乚
    - 曰
      - 一
      - 囗
- 氵
  - ⺀
    - 丶
  - ㇀

奄

yǎn = y + an3

surname Yan

奄

ya̅n = y + an1

variant of 閹|阉[yan1] / to castrate / variant of 淹[yan1] / to delay

奄

yǎn = y + an3

suddenly / abruptly / hastily / to cover / to surround

奄 = 大 + 电 : Mnemonic symbol: 奄列, omelet.

奄 = 大 + 电 : Maud Younger (y) has the robot (大) prepare an omelet (奄) for her inside the anthill (an3). The robot makes the omelet using a charger (电). Maud doesn't pay too much attention, and suddenly (奄) the omelet (奄) is done.

氵

shuǐ = shu + ei3

"water" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 85), occurring in 沒|没[mei2], 法[fa3], 流[liu2] etc / see also 三點水|三点水[san1 dian3 shui3]

氵 = ⺀ + ㇀ : Mnemonic symbol: a bottle of water. Sheldon Shrimp (shu) enjoys a bottle of water (氵) in the Eiffel Tower's living room (ei3). The got the water by scratching (㇀) a blossom (⺀) and catching the leaking dew in a bottle.