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yàn

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yàn Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
yàn | yan4
English translation
inkstone

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About yàn

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Number of strokes

9

Traditional form

yàn

Contains the radical

Shí

Part of speech

Noun morpheme / 名语素 Míng yǔsù

Learning hint

stone

Etymology of yàn

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

石见

Semantic compound

Shí

Phonetic compound

jiàn

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. Shí represents the meaning and jiàn represents the sound. Simplified form of yàn .

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Words with yàn

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
砚台 yàn tái ink stone硯臺
yàn ink-stone yàn
端砚 Duān yàn high-quality ink stonemade in Duanxi and Guangdong端硯
程砚秋 Chéng Yàn qiū Cheng Yanqiu (1904-1958), famous Beijing opera star, second only to 梅蘭芳|梅兰芳 Méi Lán fāng [Méi​Lán​fāng]程硯秋
砚石 yàn shí ink stone硯石
砚池 yàn chí (concave) ink stone or ink slab硯池
砚山 Yàn shān Yanshan county in Wenshan Zhuang and Miao autonomous prefecture 文山壯族苗族自治州|文山壮族苗族自治州 Wén shān Zhuàng zú Miáo zú zì zhì zhōu [Wén​shān​Zhuàng​zú​Miáo​zú​zì​zhì​zhōu], Yunnan硯山
砚山县 Yàn shān xiàn Yanshan county in Wenshan Zhuang and Miao autonomous prefecture 文山壯族苗族自治州|文山壮族苗族自治州 Wén shān Zhuàng zú Miáo zú zì zhì zhōu [Wén​shān​Zhuàng​zú​Miáo​zú​zì​zhì​zhōu], Yunnan硯山縣
砚田 yàn tián ink stone硯田
瓦砚 wǎ yàn ink stone or ink slab made from an antique palace tile瓦硯
古砚 gǔ yàn antique ink slab古硯
陶砚 táo yàn ink stone made of pottery陶硯
磨穿铁砚 mó chuān tiě yàn to grind one's way through an ink stone磨穿鐵硯

yàn Decomposition & Compounds

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