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yàn

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yàn Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
yàn | yan4
English translation
dam, dike, embankment

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About yàn

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Number of strokes

12

Traditional form

yàn

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Place name / 地名 dì míng Dìmíng

Learning hint

earth

Etymology of yàn

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

土匽

Semantic compound

Phonetic compound

yǎn

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Words with yàn

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
yàn weir yàn
围堰 wéi yàn a cofferdam圍堰
都江堰 Dū jiāng yàn Dujiangyan county level city in Chengdu 成都 Chéng dū [Chéng​dū], Sichuan都江堰 Dū jiāng yàn
十堰 Shí yàn Shiyan prefecture level city in Hubei十堰 Shí yàn
十堰市 Shí yàn shì Shiyan prefecture level city in Hubei十堰市 Shí yàn shì
都江堰市 Dū jiāng yàn shì Dujiangyan county level city in Chengdu 成都 Chéng dū [Chéng​dū], Sichuan都江堰市 Dū jiāng yàn shì
姜堰 Jiāng yàn Jiangyan county level city in Taizhou 泰州 Tài zhōu [Tài​zhōu], Jiangsu薑堰
姜堰市 Jiāng yàn shì Jiangyan county level city in Taizhou 泰州 Tài zhōu [Tài​zhōu], Jiangsu薑堰市
塘堰 táng yàn irrigation pond or dam塘堰 táng yàn
堰塞湖 yàn sè hú dammed lake堰塞湖 yàn sè hú
戚墅堰 Qī shù yàn Qishu district of Changzhou city 常州市 Cháng zhōu shì [Cháng​zhōu​shì], Jiangsu慼墅堰
戚墅堰区 Qī shù yàn qū Qishu district of Changzhou city 常州市 Cháng zhōu shì [Cháng​zhōu​shì], Jiangsu慼墅堰區

yàn Decomposition & Compounds

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