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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)

研析
yánxī
to analyze
研求
yánqiú
to study
研发
yánfā
research and development
研磨
yánmó
milling
精研
jīngyán
to research carefully
研钵
yánbō
mortar (bowl for grinding with pestle)
研习
yánxí
research and study
研究
yánjiū
research
HSK 4
保研
bǎoyán
to recommend sb for postgraduate studies
钻研
zuānyán
to study meticulously
HSK 6
研制
yánzhì
to manufacture
研考
yánkǎo
to investigate
科研
kēyán
(scientific) research
读研
dúyán
to attend graduate school
研华
Yánhuá
Advantech, technology company
研读
yándú
to study attentively (a book)
井研
Jǐngyán
Jingwan county in Leshan [[樂山|乐山<Lèshān>]], Sichuan
考研
kǎoyán
to sit an entrance exam for a graduate program
研讨
yántǎo
discussion
调研
diàoyán
to investigate and research

Metadata

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

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