溢

Translingual

Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲): semantic 氵 (“water”) + phonetic 益 – an overflowing liquid, water. 益 also has sense of “increase”, hence connotation of “increase to point of overflowing”.

Han character

溢 (radical 85 水+10, 13 strokes, cangjie input 水廿金廿 (ETCT), four-corner 3811₇)

1. overflow, brim over
2. full

References

• KangXi: page 640, character 6
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17951
• Dae Jaweon: page 1047, character 4
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 1707, character 5
• Unihan data for U+6EA2

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Cantonese

Hanzi

溢 (Yale yat6)

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Japanese

Kanji

溢

Readings

• On: いつ (itsu)
• Kun: あふれる (afureru), みちる (michiru)

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Korean

Hanja

溢 (hangeul 일, revised il, McCune-Reischauer il, Yale il)

Compounds

• 海溢 (해일)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

溢 (pinyin yì (yi4), Wade-Giles i⁴)

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Vietnamese

Han character

溢 (dật, ải)