CHINESE CHARACTER
- Numbered pinyin
- yan3
- English meanings
- elaborate, development, practise, practice, develop, act, performance, represent, deduction, drill, play, evolution, evolve, play the part of, perform, play the role of, mount, elaboration, deduce
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BUILDING BLOCKS
Structure & components
Left–right structure
Left–right arrangement: left 氵; right 寅.
Meaning & sound clues
氵 is identified as the meaning component, associated with “water”.
寅 is identified as the sound component (yín). Its pronunciation may differ from the modern pronunciation of 演.
This breakdown describes the written shape. A component's meaning does not always explain the meaning of the whole character.
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Characters with the same pinyin, regardless of tone.
stern
dislike; loathe
throat
banquet; feast
rock; cliff
surname Yan
cover; conceal
along
to flood
hot; inflammation
mist
flame
swallow
salt
eye
study; research; grind
inkstone
gorgeous; colorful
winding (in 蜿蜒)
spread; develop
speech; words
lane gate; surname
lane gate; surname
wild goose
face; color
to examine
salt
Example sentences
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Related words
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- 上演
- 主演
- 出演
- 导演
- 愈演愈烈
- 扮演
- 演习
- 演出
- 演变
- 演员
- 演唱
- 演唱会
- 演奏
- 演戏
- 演技
- 演播室
- 演示
- 演练
- 演绎
- 演艺圈
- 演讲
- 演说
- 表演