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偃

yǎn

Character

What 偃 means

1. to lie supine
2. to stop
3. to fall down

Other readings

偃 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• Yǎnsurname Yan

Words starting with 偃

• 偃息yǎn xī(literary) to take a rest; (literary) to cease
• 偃师区Yǎn shī QūYanshi, a district of Luoyang City 洛阳市
• 偃旗息鼓yǎn qí xī gǔlit. lay down the flag and still the drums (idiom); fig. to cease; to give in
• 偃师Yǎn shīsee 偃师区

Characters built on 匽

These share the phonetic component 匽 (yǎn), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 堰yànweir
• 郾yǎnused in 郾城

Sounds the same

Read yǎn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 眼eye; (often used with 一; small hole
• 演to perform (a play etc); to stage (a show); (bound form) to develop; to play out…
• 衍to spread out; to develop; to overflow
• 掩to cover up; to conceal; to close (a door, book etc)…
• 琰gem; glitter of gems
• 广"house on a cliff" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 53), occurring in 店, 序…
• 鼹mole
• 奄suddenly; abruptly; hastily
• 魇to have a nightmare
• 俨majestic; dignified
• 兖used in 兖州
• 弇to cover; trap