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Kanji Detail for 淹 - "soak, stay, broad, brew"
淹
- Meaning
淹 means "soak, stay, broad, brew."
Soak - To immerse in water.
Stay - To remain; to linger.
Broad - Wide; profound.
Brew - To make tea or coffee by pouring hot water (Japanese usage).
- Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
dip; soak; immerse; stop; linger
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
drown; cover with liquid, steep
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
to flood; to submerge; to drown; to irritate the skin (of liquids); to delay
Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data
to drown, to immerse, to steep
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
To soak. Soaking in water for a long time is called 淹. | To remain for a long time. As in 淹留 (to linger), 淹滯 (to be delayed). | Deep. As in scholarship being 淹通 (thoroughly versed), 淹雅 (profoundly elegant). | To submerge.
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