• to overflow;
  • to spill over;
  • excessive;

Etymology

A phono-semantic compound composed of:

() — semantic component meaning “water”;

— phonetic component indicating the sound (일 / yì). The character originally described water overflowing a container, which later expanded to abstract meanings like excess or abundance.
Semantic development: - water overflowing; - exceeding capacity; - abundance (emotion, energy, etc.).

Usage in Korean

일출 (溢出) — overflow; outflow

일류 (溢流) — overflow current; overflow

Additional notes

溢 is often used metaphorically in expressions like joy overflowing or energy overflowing. It conveys a stronger nuance than simple “full,” emphasizing excess beyond capacity.
Related characters: 満 — to be full 溢 — to overflow — to flow

Words that derived from

넘치다
neomchida
il
Kangxi radical:85, + 10
Strokes:13
Unicode:U+6EA2
Cangjie input:
  • 水廿金廿 (ETCT)
Composition:
  • ⿰ 氵 益

Neighboring characters in the dictionary

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