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阉

yān

eunuch; to castrate

🔤 Pictophonetic: 门 (gate) provides meaning, 奄 provides pronunciation

HSK 11 strokes Uncommon (38%)

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Component Breakdown

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门

mén

gate, door, entrance, opening

奄

yǎn

to remain, to tarry; feeble

⿵门奄 i

Stroke Order

Component Tree i

mén

门

gate, door, entrance, opening

📷 Pictographic: An open doorway or gate

3 strokes HSK 2

yǎn

奄

to remain, to tarry; feeble

8 strokes

dà

大

big, great, vast, high, deep

💡 Ideographic: A man 人 with outstretched arms

3 strokes HSK 1

diàn

电

electricity; electric; lightning

💡 Ideographic: Simplified form of 電; lightning 申 from a storm cloud 雨

5 strokes HSK 1

yuē

曰

to speak; to say

💡 Ideographic: Picture of an open 一 mouth 口

4 strokes

kǒu

口

mouth; entrance, gate, opening

📷 Pictographic: An open mouth

3 strokes HSK 3

jiōng

冂

wide

2 strokes

yī

一

one; a, an; alone

💡 Ideographic: Represents heaven (天), earth (旦), or the number 1

1 strokes HSK 1

yī

一

one; a, an; alone

💡 Ideographic: Represents heaven (天), earth (旦), or the number 1

1 strokes HSK 1

gōu

乚

secret, hidden, mysterious; small, minute; to conceal

1 strokes

Words Using 阉 (5)

Character

Pinyin

Definition

HSK

阉 ↗

yān

to castrate / a castrate / neuter

yān

阉 ↗

to castrate / a castrate / neuter

to castrate / fig. to emasculate

yāngē

阉割 ↗

to castrate / fig. to emasculate

eunuch (contemptuous appellation)

yānshù

阉竖 ↗

eunuch (contemptuous appellation)