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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