(yàn)

10 strokes

surname Yan

Stroke order animation

Character information

Pinyin
yàn
Meaning
surname Yan
Strokes
10
HSK level
Traditional
Same

Origin & structure

Where comes from and how its parts fit together.

Ideograph⿱日安

A woman safe in a house 安 at sunset 日

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

Made of

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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

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yànyīng

Yan Ying (-c 500 BC), famous statesman from Qi of the Warring States, also …

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yàn

Yanzi (-c 500 BC), famous statesman from Qi of the Warring States 齊國|齐国[Qi2…

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yànjià

to die (exclusively of the Emperor)

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see 海晏河清[hai3 yan4 he2 qing1]

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(lit.) the Yellow River is clear and the seas are calm (idiom)

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