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鼹

yǎn

Character Traditional 鼴

What 鼹 means

1. mole

Words starting with 鼹

• 鼹鼠yǎn shǔmole (zoology)
• 鼹鼠皮yǎn shǔ pímoleskin

Words containing 鼹

• 针鼹zhēn yǎn(zoology) echidna

Characters that look like 鼹

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

• 罐guàncan; jar; pot
• 麟línvariant of 麟
• 蘸zhànto dip in (ink, sauce etc)
• 髑dúused in 髑髅
• 懿yì(literary) exemplary; virtuous
• 颧quán(bound form) cheekbone

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…
• 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
• 弇to cover; trap