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yán

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yán Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
yán | yan2
English translation
cliff, precipice; cave, grotto

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About yán

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Number of strokes

23

Traditional form

yán

Contains the radical

Shān

Part of speech

Status morpheme / 状态语素 Zhuàngtài yǔsù

Learning hint

mountain

Etymology of yán

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

山嚴

Semantic compound

Shān

Phonetic compound

yán

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Words with yán

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
yán cliff yán
岩石 yánshí rock岩石 yánshí
岩浆 yán jiāng lava岩漿
熔岩 róng yán lava熔岩 róng yán
花岗岩 huā gāng yán granite花崗岩
岩层 yán céng rock strata巖層
砂岩 shā yán sandstone砂岩 shā yán
龙岩 Lóng yán Longyan prefecture-level city in Fujian龍岩
岩溶 yán róng karst, kind of porous limestone (geology)岩溶 yán róng
火山岩 huǒ shān yán volcanic rock火山岩 huǒ shān yán
攀岩 pān yán rock climbing攀岩 pān yán
玄武岩 xuán wǔ yán lava玄武岩 xuán wǔ yán
片麻岩 piàn má yán gneiss片麻岩 piàn má yán
灰岩 huī yán limestone灰岩 huī yán
页岩 yè yán shale頁岩
泥岩 ní yán mudstone泥岩 ní yán
石灰岩 shí huī yán limestone石灰岩 shí huī yán
岩画 yán huà rock painting巖畫
云岩区 Yún yán qū Yunyan district of Guiyang city 貴陽市|贵阳市 Guì yáng shì [Guì​yáng​shì], Guizhou雲岩區
基岩 jī yán base rock基岩 jī yán
黄岩 Huáng yán Huangyan district of Taizhou city 台州市 Tāi zhōu shì [Tāi​zhōu​shì], Zhejiang黃岩
岩盐 yán yán rock salt岩鹽
火成岩 huǒ chéng yán volcanic rock火成岩 huǒ chéng yán

yán Decomposition & Compounds

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