yàn
peaceful
A woman safe in a house 安 at sunset 日
Evolution

Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical script
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)Regular script
ModernMost common words with 晏
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
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late | ||
Yanzi (-c 500 BC), famous statesman from Qi of the Warring States, also known as 晏婴, hero of book 晏子春秋 | ||
Yanzi (-c 500 BC), famous statesman from Qi of the Warring States, also known as 晏子, hero of book 晏子春秋 | ||
Haiyan county in Haibei Tibetan autonomous prefecture 海北藏族自治州[HǎiběiZàngzúzìzhìzhōu], Qinghai | ||
Haiyan county in Haibei Tibetan autonomous prefecture 海北藏族自治州[HǎiběiZàngzúzìzhìzhōu], Qinghai |
Component uses
Sound component in 1 character (0 verified)
Historical pronunciation
Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Pinyin | Gloss |
*ʔˤ<r>a[n]-s | 'aenH | yàn | peace, rest |
*ʔˤe[n]-s | 'enH | yàn | rest (v.) |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
3811th most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 10 |
Unicode | U+664F |
Shuowen | “晏,天清也。从日,安聲。” |
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