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Characters pronounced “yan”

101 characters across different Mandarin tones.

yán

dangerous

7 strokes

yán

old variant of 炎[yan2]

8 strokes

yǎn

river in Zhejiang

10 strokes

yān

used in 懨懨|恹恹[yan1yan1]

9 strokes

yān

cigarette or pipe tobacco

10 strokes

yān

rouge

10 strokes

yān

name of a mountain in Gansu

11 strokes

yān

to flood

11 strokes

yān

where

11 strokes

yān

to wither

11 strokes

yān

to castrate

11 strokes

yān

(literary) to sink into oblivion

12 strokes

yān

to salt

12 strokes

yān

Chinese character

13 strokes

yān

surname Yan

13 strokes

yān

(literary) lovely; sweet

14 strokes

yān

Chinese character

15 strokes

yān

Chinese character

16 strokes

yān

Chinese character

17 strokes

yán

"speech" or "words" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 149)

2 strokes

yán

to prolong

6 strokes

yán

surname Yan

6 strokes

yán

tight (closely sealed)

7 strokes

yán

beautiful

7 strokes

yán

words

7 strokes

yán

Chinese character

7 strokes

yán

cliff

8 strokes

沿yán

along

8 strokes

yán

flame

8 strokes

yán

to grind

9 strokes

yán

salt

10 strokes

yán

surname Yan (sometimes written 閆|闫[Yan2] in recent years)

11 strokes

yán

Chinese character

12 strokes

yán

bamboo mat for sitting

12 strokes

yán

slug

12 strokes

yán

color

15 strokes

yán

Chinese character

16 strokes

yán

eaves

17 strokes

yán

Chinese character

18 strokes

yán

Chinese character

20 strokes

yán

Chinese character

19 strokes

yán

Chinese character

23 strokes

yán

Chinese character

24 strokes

yǎn

surname Yan

7 strokes

yǎn

used in 兗州|兖州[Yan3zhou1]

8 strokes

yǎn

suddenly

8 strokes

yǎn

majestic

9 strokes

yǎn

Chinese character

9 strokes

yǎn

to hide, to secrete, to repress

9 strokes

yǎn

to cover

9 strokes

yǎn

to spread out

9 strokes

yǎn

to lie supine

11 strokes

yǎn

operculum (Latin: little lid)

11 strokes

yǎn

to cover up; to conceal

11 strokes

yǎn

eye

11 strokes

yǎn

place name

11 strokes

yǎn

gem

12 strokes

yǎn

foment

13 strokes

yǎn

to perform (a play etc); to stage (a show)

14 strokes

yǎn

to have a nightmare

15 strokes

yǎn

Chinese character

22 strokes

yǎn

Chinese character

22 strokes

yǎn

Chinese character

24 strokes

yǎn

mole

23 strokes

yàn

(bound form) to loathe; to be fed up with

6 strokes

yàn

Chinese character

7 strokes

yàn

throat; pharynx

9 strokes

yàn

Chinese character

9 strokes

yàn

accomplished

9 strokes

yàn

ink-stone

9 strokes

yàn

to extend condolences

10 strokes

yàn

(bound form) feast

10 strokes

yàn

late

10 strokes

yàn

colorful

10 strokes

yàn

to examine

10 strokes

yàn

proverb

11 strokes

yàn

weir

12 strokes

yàn

flame

12 strokes

yàn

Chinese character

12 strokes

yàn

Chinese character

12 strokes

yàn

Chinese character

12 strokes

yàn

wild goose

12 strokes

yān

name of an immortal

13 strokes

yàn

tossing of billows

13 strokes

yàn

Chinese character

14 strokes

yàn

strong (of tea)

14 strokes

yàn

to decide judicially

15 strokes

yàn

to eat to the full

15 strokes

yàn

Chinese character

15 strokes

yàn

Yan, a vassal state of Zhou in present-day Hebei and Liaoning

16 strokes

yàn

Chinese character

16 strokes

yàn

false

16 strokes

yàn

Chinese character

16 strokes

yàn

Chinese character

19 strokes

yàn

Chinese character

22 strokes

yàn

Chinese character

23 strokes

yàn

Chinese character

23 strokes

yàn

Chinese character

23 strokes

yàn

Chinese character

24 strokes

yàn

Chinese character

27 strokes

yàn

Chinese character

28 strokes