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妍

yán

Character

What 妍 means

1. beautiful

Words starting with 妍

• 妍丽yán lìbeautiful

Words containing 妍

• 争妍斗艳zhēng yán dòu yàncontending for supreme beauty (esp. of flowers, scenery, painting etc)…

Characters that look like 妍

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 坦tǎnflat; open-hearted; level
• 删shānto delete
• 姊zǐolder sister; Taiwan pr. jiě
• 纫rènto thread (a needle); (bound form) to sew; to stitch; (literary) very grateful
• 卦guàdivinatory diagram; one of the eight divinatory trigrams of the Book of Changes 易经…
• 拚pànto strive for; to struggle; to disregard

Sounds the same

Read yán, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 颜color; face; countenance
• 言words; speech; to say
• 研to grind; study; research
• 严tight (closely sealed); stern; strict
• 盐salt
• 延to prolong; to extend; to delay
• 沿along; to follow (a line, tradition etc); to carry on
• 炎flame; inflammation; -itis
• 岩cliff; rock
• 檐eaves; ledge or brim
• 阎(literary) the gate of a lane
• 筵bamboo mat for sitting