淹

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

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]