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弇

yǎn

Character

What 弇 means

1. to cover
2. trap

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
• 偃to lie supine; to stop; to fall down
• 奄suddenly; abruptly; hastily
• 魇to have a nightmare
• 俨majestic; dignified
• 兖used in 兖州