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yàn

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yàn Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
yàn | yan4
English translation
elegant

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About yàn

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Number of strokes

9

Traditional form

yàn

Contains the radical

shān

Part of speech

Status morpheme / 状态语素 Zhuàngtài yǔsù

Learning hint

hair

Etymology of yàn

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

产彡

Semantic compound

shān

Phonetic compound

chǎn

Explanation

Simplified form of yàn . Depicts being accomplished in both literature ( Wén ) and military skill ( gōng ). hǎn is a phonetic component.

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Words with yàn

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
yàn elegant yàn
李彦宏 Lǐ Yàn hóng Robin Li (1968-), founder and CEO of Baidu 百度 Bǎi dù , a PRC Internet company李彥宏
巴彦 Bā yàn Bayan county in Harbin 哈爾濱|哈尔滨 Hā ěr bīn [Hā​'ěr​bīn], Heilongjiang巴彥
巴彦淖尔市 Bā yàn nào ěr shì Bayan Nur prefecture-level city in Inner Mongolia巴彥淖爾市
野田佳彦 Yě tián Jiā yàn Noda Yoshihiko, Prime Minister of Japan (2 September 2011 ~)野田佳彥
巴彦县 Bā yàn xiàn Bayan county in Harbin 哈爾濱|哈尔滨 Hā ěr bīn [Hā​'ěr​bīn], Heilongjiang巴彥縣
巴彦淖尔 Bā yàn nào ěr Bayan Nur prefecture-level city in Inner Mongolia巴彥淖爾
高村正彦 Gāo cūn Zhèng yàn KOMURA Masahiko (1942-), Japanese politician, foreign minister from 1998, minister of defense from 2007高村正彥
韩彦直 Hán Yàn zhí Han Yanzhi (1131-?), Song dynasty botanist, author of classification of orange trees 橘錄|橘录 jú lù [jú​lù]韓彥直

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