(yàn)

HSK 510 strokesTrad.

variant of 艳

Stroke order animation

Character information

Pinyin
yàn
Meaning
variant of 艳
Strokes
10
HSK level
HSK 5
Traditional

Origin & structure

Where comes from and how its parts fit together.

Ideograph⿰丰色

Lush 丰 and sexy 色

A combination of parts whose meanings add up to the whole.

Made of

Parts are arranged left to right.

Traditional form : lush

How to write step by step

10 strokes — each frame adds one stroke, shown in dark ink over the lighter ones.

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Words with

Common words using — tap any character to open its stroke-order page.

xiānyàn
HSK 5

variant of 鲜艳

Open 鲜艳 page →
yàn
HSK 7-9

gorgeous

Open 艳丽 page →
guāngyàn

bright and colorful; gorgeous

Open 光艳 page →
yàn

bewitching; beautiful

Open 冶艳 page →
lěngyàn

(of a woman) beautiful but aloof

Open 冷艳 page →
yāoyàn

pretty and flirtatious

Open 妖艳 page →
jiāoyàn

tender and beautiful

Open 娇艳 page →

to apply makeup conspicuously (idiom)

Open 浓妆艳抹 page →

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