偃 - Dong Chinese dictionary

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yǎn

cease

Components

亻 Meaning component

rén

person

匽 Sound component

yǎn

to hide

Evolution

Bronze script

Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

yǎn

cease, lay off, lay down; to lie supine; to stop; to fall down

Yǎn

surname Yan

Most common words with 偃

Freq.	Word	Meaning
	偃	to stop
	偃旗息鼓	to give in
	偃师	Yanshi county level city in Luoyang 洛陽\|洛阳, Henan
	偃师市	Yanshi county level city in Luoyang 洛陽\|洛阳, Henan

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese	Middle Chinese	Pinyin	Gloss
*ʔa[n]ʔ	'jonX	yǎn	bend down
*ʔa[n]ʔ	'jonX	yǎn	Yǎn (ancient state in Shāndōng)

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

4171st most common character in books

Miscellaneous

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