yàn

overflowing

Curves  in the water  also provides the pronunciation

Components
氵 meaning component

  Meaning component

shuishuǐ

  

water

艳 sound,meaning component

  Sound Meaning component

yàn

  

beautiful

Definitions

() 

yàn

overflowing, billowing; wavy

() 

yàn

tossing of billows