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衍
yǎn
1.
to spread out
2.
to develop
3.
to overflow
4.
to amplify
5.
superfluous
Uncommon • Top 40%
✏️ 9 strokes
Character Breakdown (Single character)
Compound Words (20)
夏衍
XiàYǎn
Xia Yan (1900-1995), Chinese writer, playwright, socialist critic and movie pioneer
推衍
tuīyǎn
to deduce
敷衍
fūyǎn
to elaborate (on a theme)
沃衍
wòyǎn
rich and fertile (soil)
箧衍
qièyǎn
bamboo box
繁衍
fányǎn
to multiply
蕃衍
fányǎn
variant of [[繁衍<fányǎn>]]
衍伸
yǎnshēn
to give rise (to)
衍化
yǎnhuà
to evolve (of ideas, designs, constructions etc)
衍射
yǎnshè
diffraction
衍生
yǎnshēng
to give rise to
衍变
yǎnbiàn
to develop
邹衍
ZōuYǎn
Zou Yan (305-240 BC), founder of the School of Yin-Yang of the Warring States Period (475-221 BC)
铺衍
pùyǎn
to spread out widely
衍射角
yǎnshèjiǎo
angle of diffraction (physics)
衍生物
yǎnshēngwù
a derivative (complex product derived from simpler source material)
衍圣公
Yǎnshènggōng
hereditary title bestowed on Confucius' descendants
敷衍了事
fūyǎnliǎoshì
to skimp
敷衍塞责
fūyǎnsèzé
to skimp on the job
罗摩衍那
Luómóyǎnnà
the Ramayana (Indian epic)
Metadata
- Category
- Chinese
- HSK Character Level
- 6
- Character Frequency Rank
- 2,436
- Word Frequency Rank
- 34,123 of 84,292