yán
grind
Phonosemantic compound. 石 represents the meaning and 幵 represents the sound.
Evolution
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal script
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical script
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
Most common words with 研
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
research | ||
to develop | ||
(scientific) research | ||
research institute | ||
graduate student |
Historical pronunciation
Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Pinyin | Gloss |
*[ŋ]ˤe[r] | ngen | yán | grind; examine |
Statistics
HSK level 4
Appears in 30.1458% of movies
1066th most common character in movies
447th most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 9 |
Unicode | U+7814 |
Shuowen | “研，也。从石，幵聲。” |
Sources
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