淹 Strokes Write it Listen 淹 yān to flood; to submerge; to drown HSK 7–9 11 strokes Radical 氵 Sound + meaning 1 word Built from氵meaningshuǐwater奄soundyǎnto remain, to tarry; feeble How it works氵 hints at the meaning (water), and 奄 yǎn hints at the sound.