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砚
yàn
inkstone
🔤 Pictophonetic:
石 (stone) provides meaning, 见 provides pronunciation
Words Using 砚 (32)
Character
Pinyin
Definition
HSK
砚
yàn
ink-stone
砚
yàn
ink-stone
墨砚
mòyàn
ink slab / ink stone
墨砚
mòyàn
ink slab / ink stone
广砚
GuǎngYàn
Guangnan and Yanshan (in Yunnan)
广砚
GuǎngYàn
Guangnan and Yanshan (in Yunnan)
柘砚
zhèyàn
ink slabs from a place in Shandong
柘砚
zhèyàn
ink slabs from a place in Shandong
涤砚
díyàn
to wash an ink-slab / to prepare for study (idiom)
涤砚
díyàn
to wash an ink-slab / to prepare for study (idiom)
焚砚
fényàn
to destroy one's ink-slab / to write no more because others write so much better (idiom)
焚砚
fényàn
to destroy one's ink-slab / to write no more because others write so much better (idiom)
同砚
tóngyàn
classmate / fellow student
同砚
tóngyàn
classmate / fellow student
砚兄
yànxiōng
senior fellow student
砚兄
yànxiōng
senior fellow student
砚友
yànyǒu
classmate / fellow student
砚友
yànyǒu
classmate / fellow student
古砚
gǔyàn
antique ink slab / CL:[[台<tái>]]
古砚
gǔyàn
antique ink slab / CL:[[台<tái>]]
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⿰石见
i
Component Tree i
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