淹 - yān - Chinese character definition, English meaning and stroke order

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11 strokes
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淹

widely read; erudite

to drown; to be drowned

to be flooded

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

basin irrigation (e.g. paddy fields)

to submerge; to flood; to bury

to stay for a long period

to submerge; to flood; to drown out

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