yān
name of a district in Honan
Evolution

Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical script
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)Regular script
ModernMost common words with 鄢
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
---|---|---|
surname Yan | ||
Yanling county in Xuchang city 許昌市|许昌市[Xǔchāngshì], Henan | ||
Yanling county in Xuchang city 許昌市|许昌市[Xǔchāngshì], Henan |
Historical pronunciation
Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Pinyin | Gloss |
*[ʔ](r)a[n] | 'jen | yān | (place name) |
*[ʔ]a[n] | 'jon | yān | (place name) |
*[ʔ]a[n]ʔ | 'jonX | yān | (place name) |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
5266th most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 13 |
Unicode | U+9122 |
Shuowen | “鄢,南郡縣,孝惠三年改名宜城。从邑,焉聲。” |
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