溢
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to overflow; (literary) excessive; old variant of 鎰|镒[yi4]
- HSK 3.0
- Level 7–9
- Strokes
- 13
- Radical
- 水 +10
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 溢
- Common rank
- #2,418
- Unicode
- U+6EA2
Formation & memory
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How to remember it
brim over · Heisig RSH #2830
水 water + 益 benefit
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words with 溢
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 溢美之词 | flattering words; inflated praise | |
| 热情洋溢 | brimming with enthusiasm (idiom); full of warmth | |
| 溢于言表 | to exhibit one's feelings in one's speech | |
| 流光溢彩 | (idiom) brilliant lights and vibrant colors | |
| 溢出效应 | spillover effect | |
| 脑溢血 | cerebral hemorrhage; stroke | |
| 才华横溢 | brimming over with talent (esp. literary); brilliant | |
| 溢流孔 | bleed hole; overflow pipe; spill vent | |
| 溢出 | to overflow; to spill over; (computing) overflow | |
| 外溢 | (of liquid) to spill out; to overflow; (of gas) to leak out; (fig.) to spill over; to spre… | |
| 四溢 | (of a perfume or a foul odor) permeating the whole place; (of grease etc) dripping everywh… | |
| 溢满 | overflowing | |
| 满溢 | to be full to overflowing; to be brimming over with | |
| 洋溢 | brimming with; steeped in | |
| 溢价 | premium; to charge or pay a premium | |
| 横溢 | to overflow; brimming with | |
| 充溢 | to overflow (with riches); replete | |
| 溢缴款 | credit card overpayment | |
| 漫溢 | to overflow; to be brimming over | |
| 涌溢 | to well up; to spill out (of water from a spring) |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 益 — compare how they read.