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研
yán
1. to grind
2. study
3. research
Very Common • Top 5% ✏️ 9 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

研
yán
to grind, to rub; to study, to research
HSK 4 9 丶

Compound Words (20)

井研
Jǐngyán
Jingwan county in Leshan [[樂山|乐山<Lèshān>]], Sichuan
保研
bǎoyán
to recommend sb for postgraduate studies
研判
yánpàn
to study and come to a conclusion
研定
yándìng
to consider and decide
研拟
yánnǐ
to investigate and plan forward
研析
yánxī
to analyze
研求
yánqiú
to study
研发
yánfā
research and development
研磨
yánmó
milling
研究
yánjiū
research
HSK 4
研钵
yánbō
mortar (bowl for grinding with pestle)
研习
yánxí
research and study
研考
yánkǎo
to investigate
研华
Yánhuá
Advantech, technology company
研制
yánzhì
to manufacture
研讨
yántǎo
discussion
研读
yándú
to study attentively (a book)
科研
kēyán
(scientific) research
精研
jīngyán
to research carefully
考研
kǎoyán
to sit an entrance exam for a graduate program

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
4
Character Frequency Rank
446
Word Frequency Rank
4,612 of 84,292

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