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檐
yán
1. eaves
2. ledge or brim
Common • Top 7% ✏️ 17 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

檐
yán
the eaves of a house; edge, brim
17 丶

Compound Words (8)

挑檐
tiǎoyán
eaves
檐下
yánxià
underside of the eaves
屋檐
wūyán
eaves
帽檐
màoyán
brim (of a hat)
房檐
fángyán
eaves
密檐塔
mìyántǎ
multi-eaved pagoda
封檐板
fēngyánbǎn
barge board
飞檐走壁
fēiyánzǒubì
to leap onto roofs and vault over walls (usually associated with martial arts)

Alternate Entries

檐
yán
variant of [[檐<yán>]]

Metadata

Category
Chinese
Character Frequency Rank
3,101
Word Frequency Rank
5,768 of 84,292