溢 (yì) — to overflow; to spill over

Character

Strokes: 13
Radical: 氵 — water
Made of: 氵 water 益 to profit, to benefit
How it's built: Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound

暴雨过后，河水几乎溢出堤岸，沿岸居民被紧急转移。 Bàoyǔ guò hòu, héshuǐ jīhū yì chū dī'àn, yán'àn jūmín bèi jǐnjí zhuǎnyí. After the torrential rain, the river water almost overflowed the embankment, and residents along the banks were evacuated urgently.
壶里的水烧开以后溢出来，火一下子被浇灭了。 Hú lǐ de shuǐ shāokāi yǐhòu yì chūlái, huǒ yíxiàzi bèi jiāomiè le. After the water in the kettle boiled, it overflowed and put the fire out at once.
杯子里倒得太满，咖啡溢到桌面上，他赶紧拿纸巾来擦。 Bēizi lǐ dào de tài mǎn, kāfēi yì dào zhuōmiàn shàng, tā gǎnjǐn ná zhǐjīn lái cā. The cup was filled too full, the coffee spilled onto the table, and he quickly grabbed a tissue to wipe it up.