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芫

yán

Character

What 芫 means

1. used in {芫荽|yán sui}

Other readings

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

• yuánlilac daphne (Daphne genkwa), used in Chinese herbal medicine

Words starting with 芫

• 芫花yuán huālilac daphne; Daphne genkwa
• 芫花素yuán huā sùgenkwanin
• 芫荽yán suicoriander (Coriandrum sativum)
• 芫荽叶yán sui yècoriander leaf

Words containing 芫

• 胡芫hú yuáncoriander
• 假芫茜jiǎ yuán qiànEryngium foetidum
• 洋芫荽yáng yán suiparsley

Characters built on 元

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

• 完wánto finish; to be over; whole
• 玩wánto play; to have fun; to trifle with
• 顽wánmischievous; obstinate; to play

Characters that look like 芫

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

• 范fànpattern; model; example
• 男nán(bound form) male; baron, the lowest of the five ranks of nobility 五等爵位
• 芜wúovergrown with weeds
• 苞bāobud; flower calyx; luxuriant
• 苣jùused in 莴苣
• 茔yíng(literary) a grave

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
• 妍beautiful
• 檐eaves; ledge or brim
• 阎(literary) the gate of a lane