淹 = 氵 + 奄

淹 is a Chinese hanzi, listed here under the keyword “drown”. It is built from 氵 (water) and 奄 (ere long).

Keyword: drown
Pinyin (Mandarin): yān
Script: Chinese hanzi
Also known as: тонуть

Decomposition

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氵 water
奄 ere long

How to find 淹 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “water” + “ere long”. 淹 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 淹 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.