溢

yì
#2,449 most
frequent character
to overflow, (literary) excessive

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

溢 pairs 氵, water, with 益 yì, meaning abundant, which also supplies the sound. Water plus abundance points to the first meaning, more than enough. From there it grew to overflow and to be excessive.

Drawn as: water

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Homophones

HSK 4
亿yì
a hundred million, calculate
HSK 6
亦yì
also
益yì
benefit, profit, advantage
忆yì
to recollect, to remember, memory
抑yì
to restrain, to restrict, to keep down
意yì
idea, meaning, thought, to think

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