yàn
plump
Phonosemantic compound. 盍 represents the meaning and 豐 represents the sound.
Evolution
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal script
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)Regular script
ModernMost common words with 豔
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
colorful | ||
bright-colored | ||
glamorous | ||
gorgeous | ||
tender and beautiful |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
Appears in 7.2561% of movies
2204th most common character in movies
2104th most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 28 |
Unicode | U+8C54 |
Shuowen | “豔，好而長也。从豐，豐，大也，盇聲。《春秋傳》曰：‘美而豔’。” |
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