yàn
inkstone
Phonosemantic compound. 石 represents the meaning and 见 represents the sound. Simplified form of 硯.
Evolution

Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)Traditional script
ModernSimplified script
ModernMost common words with 砚
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
---|---|---|
ink stone | ||
ink-stone | ||
high-quality ink stonemade in Duanxi and Guangdong | ||
Cheng Yanqiu (1904-1958), famous Beijing opera star, second only to 梅蘭芳|梅兰芳[MéiLánfāng] | ||
ink stone |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
4121st most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 9 |
Traditional | |
Unicode | U+781A |
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