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砚

yàn

Character Traditional 硯

What 砚 means

1. ink-stone

Words starting with 砚

• 砚台yàn táiink stone; ink slab
• 砚兄yàn xiōngsenior fellow student
• 砚友yàn yǒuclassmate; fellow student
• 砚室yàn shìcase for an ink slab
• 砚席yàn xíink slab and sitting mat; place where one studies and teaches
• 砚弟yàn dìyounger fellow student
• 砚池yàn chí(concave) ink stone or ink slab
• 砚滴yàn dīsmall cup for adding water to an ink stone
• 砚瓦yàn wǎink slab
• 砚田yàn tiánink stone; writing as a livelihood
• 砚盒yàn hécase for an ink stone or ink slab
• 砚石yàn shíink stone; ink slab
• 砚耕yàn gēngto live by writing
• 砚山县Yàn shān XiànYanshan, a county in Wenshan Zhuang and Miao Autonomous Prefecture 文山壮族苗族自治州
• 砚水壶儿yàn shuǐ hú rwater container for an ink slab
• 砚山Yàn shānsee 砚山县

Words containing 砚

• 程砚秋Chéng Yàn qiūCheng Yanqiu (1904-1958), famous Beijing opera star, second only to 梅兰芳
• 古砚gǔ yànantique ink slab
• 同砚tóng yànclassmate; fellow student
• 墨砚mò yànink slab; ink stone
• 广砚Guǎng YànGuangnan and Yanshan (in Yunnan)
• 涤砚dí yànto wash an ink-slab; to prepare for study (idiom)
• 焚砚fén yànto destroy one's ink-slab (i.e. to write no more because others write so much better)
• 瓦砚wǎ yànink stone or ink slab made from an antique palace tile
• 端砚Duān yànhigh-quality ink stonemade in Duanxi and Guangdong
• 笔砚bǐ yànwriting brush and ink stone
• 陶砚táo yànink stone made of pottery
• 辟雍砚pì yōng yànink slab or ink stone of celadon or white porcelain with unglazed surface
• 磨穿铁砚mó chuān tiě yànto grind one's way through an ink stone; to persevere in a difficult task (idiom)…
• 柘砚zhè yànink slabs from a place in Shandong

Characters built on 见

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

• 览lǎnto look at; to view; to read
• 觇chānto observe; to spy on; Taiwan pr. zhān

Characters that look like 砚

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

• 现xiànto appear; present; now
• 规guīcompass; a rule; regulation
• 视shì(literary, or bound form) to look at
• 顾gùto look after; to take into consideration; to attend to
• 舰jiànwarship
• 娩miǎnto give birth to a child

Sounds the same

Read yàn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 验to examine; to test; to check
• 厌(bound form) to loathe; to be fed up with; (literary) to satiate; to satisfy
• 宴(bound form) to entertain at a banquet; (bound form) banquet; feast; (literary) peaceful…
• 艳bright; fresh and attractive; glamorous; (bound form) amorous; romantic…
• 咽to swallow
• 焰flame
• 燕swallow (family Hirundinidae); old variant of 宴
• 雁wild goose
• 彦accomplished; elegant
• 晏late; quiet
• 堰weir
• 滟tossing of billows