延(yán)

HSK 46 strokes

surname Yan

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Stroke order animation

Character information

Pinyin
yán
Meaning
surname Yan
Strokes
6
HSK level
HSK 4
Traditional
Same

Origin & structure

Where 延 comes from and how its parts fit together.

Ideograph⿱丿㢟

A foot on the road 㢟 stopped in its tracks 丿

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

Made of

丿piě㢟

Parts are arranged top to bottom.

How to write 延 step by step

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

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Words with 延

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

yán延qī期
HSK 4

to delay

Open 延期 page →
yán延shēn伸
HSK 5

to extend; to stretch; to expand; to spread

Open 延伸 page →
yán延huǎn缓
HSK 7-9

to defer

Open 延缓 page →
shēn伸yán延

see 延伸[yan2 shen1]

Open 伸延 page →
zhōu周yán延

exhaustive; distributed (logic: applies to every instance)

Open 周延 page →
hū呼yán延

two-character surname Huyan

Open 呼延 page →
wài外yán延

extension (semantics)

Open 外延 page →
yán延jí吉

see 延吉市[Yan2 ji2 Shi4]

Open 延吉 page →

Related characters

More HSK 4 characters

丈与严临之乎亚企

From 延’s common words

期伸缓周呼外吉

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