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砚

yàn

inkstone

🔤 Pictophonetic: 石 (stone) provides meaning, 见 provides pronunciation
HSK 9 strokes Uncommon (41%)
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石
shí
stone, rock, mineral
见
jiàn
to see, to observe, to meet, to appear
⿰石见 i

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Component Tree i

shí
石
stone, rock, mineral
💡 Ideographic: A rock 口 at the base of a cliff 厂
5 strokes HSK 5
jiàn
见
to see, to observe, to meet, to appear
💡 Ideographic: Simplified form of 見; a man 儿 with the eye 目 emphasized
4 strokes HSK 1

Words Using 砚 (32)

yàn
砚 ↗
ink-stone
yànshì
砚室 ↗
case for an ink slab
yànxiōng
砚兄 ↗
senior fellow student
yànyǒu
砚友 ↗
classmate / fellow student
wǎyàn
瓦砚 ↗
ink stone or ink slab made from an antique palace tile
Yànshān
砚山 ↗
Yanshan county in Wenshan Zhuang and Miao autonomous prefecture [[文山壯族苗族自治州|文山壮族苗族自治州<WénshānZhuàngzúMiáozúzìzhìzhōu>]], Yunnan
Yànshānxiàn
砚山县 ↗
Yanshan county in Wenshan Zhuang and Miao autonomous prefecture [[文山壯族苗族自治州|文山壮族苗族自治州<WénshānZhuàngzúMiáozúzìzhìzhōu>]], Yunnan
yànxí
砚席 ↗
ink slab and sitting mat / place where one studies and teaches
yàndì
砚弟 ↗
younger fellow student
fényàn
焚砚 ↗
to destroy one's ink-slab / to write no more because others write so much better (idiom)
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