洋溢
yángyì · HSK 7
brim with
🌊 洋 ocean + 溢 overflow = an ocean overflowing, so feelings brim over and permeate everything
洋 means ocean and 溢 means to overflow or spill past the brim. Together they describe joy, warmth, or aroma so abundant it spills out and fills the whole space, like water cresting a full basin.
洋 — water radical 氵 + sheep 羊
洋 combines the water radical 氵 (meaning) with 羊 'sheep' (phonetic, hinting at the sound yáng). Originally it referred to a vast body of water or ocean. Later it extended to mean 'foreign' or 'overseas,' since foreign things came across the ocean.
溢 — water 氵 + 益 (overflow)
溢 is a semantic-phonetic compound. The water radical 氵 gives the meaning, while 益 supplies the sound and originally depicted water spilling over a vessel. 益 itself once meant 'overflow,' but as it took on the sense of 'benefit,' 溢 was created with added 氵 to preserve the original 'spill over' meaning.