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鳽

yán

Character

What 鳽 means

1. (used in naming bitterns and several other species of heron)
2. also pr. jiān

Words containing 鳽

• 栗鳽lì yán(bird species of China) Japanese night heron (Gorsachius goisagi)
• 黑鳽hēi yán(bird species of China) black bittern (Ixobrychus flavicollis)
• 大麻鳽dà má yán(bird species of China) Eurasian bittern (Botaurus stellaris)
• 小苇鳽xiǎo wěi jiān(bird species of China) little bittern (Ixobrychus minutus)
• 栗苇鳽lì wěi yán(bird species of China) cinnamon bittern (Ixobrychus cinnamomeus)
• 海南鳽hǎi nán yán(bird species of China) white-eared night heron (Oroanassa magnifica)
• 黄苇鳽huáng wěi yán(bird species of China) yellow bittern (Ixobrychus sinensis)
• 黑冠鳽hēi guān yán(bird species of China) Malayan night heron (Gorsachius melanolophus)
• 紫背苇鳽zǐ bèi wěi yán(bird species of China) von Schrenck's bittern (Ixobrychus eurhythmus)

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

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