堰(yàn)

12 strokes

weir

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Character information

Pinyin
yàn
Meaning
weir
Strokes
12
HSK level
—
Traditional
Same

Origin & structure

Where 堰 comes from and how its parts fit together.

Phonetic-semantic compound⿰土匽

In this compound, the meaning comes from 土 (earth); 匽 supplies the sound.

One part carries the meaning, the other suggests the sound.

Made of

土tǔ匽yǎn

Parts are arranged left to right.

How to write 堰 step by step

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

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Words with 堰

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

shí十yàn堰

see 十堰市[Shi2 yan4 Shi4]

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wéi围yàn堰

a cofferdam

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táng塘yàn堰

irrigation pond or dam

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shí十yàn堰shì市

Shiyan, prefecture-level city in Hubei Province 湖北省[Hu2 bei3 Sheng3]

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yàn堰sè塞hú湖

barrier lake; landslide dam

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jiāng姜yàn堰

see 姜堰区

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dū都jiāng江yàn堰

Dujiangyan in Sichuan, a famous water engineering project and World Heritage Site

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dū都jiāng江yàn堰shì市

Dujiangyan, a county-level city in Chengdu City 成都市[Cheng2 du1 Shi4], Sichuan

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Related characters

From 堰’s common words

十围塘市塞湖姜都

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