淹

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

surname Yan

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

suddenly / abruptly / hastily / to cover / to surround

"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]

to drown

to submerge / to drown / to flood / to drown out (also fig.)

to submerge / to flood / to bury

basin irrigation (e.g. paddy fields)

to stay for a long period

to submerge / to flood / to drown out

listless

Fan Zhongyan (989-1052), minister of Northern Song who led the failed reform of 1043, author of On Yueyang Tower 岳陽樓記|岳阳楼记

widely read / erudite

to be flooded