| 淹 | [ yān ] to flood, to submerge, to drown, to irritate the skin (of liquids), to delay |
| 淹博 | [ yān bó ] widely read, erudite |
| 淹死 | [ yān sǐ ] to drown |
| 淹水 | [ yān shuǐ ] to be flooded |
| 淹沒 | [ yān mò ] to submerge, to drown, to flood, to drown out (also fig.) |
| 淹滅 | [ yān miè ] to submerge, to flood, to bury |
| 淹灌 | [ yān guàn ] basin irrigation (e.g. paddy fields) |
| 淹留 | [ yān liú ] to stay for a long period |
| 淹蓋 | [ yān gaì ] to submerge, to flood, to drown out |
| ⇒ 范仲淹 | [ fàn zhòng yān ] 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 |
