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偃
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lay

HSK 10
Human →Relations
yǎn
エン
ふ.せる
언
Components
亻 person (side)+ 匽 to hide =
偃 lay
亻 Meaning component
rén person (side)
person
匽 Phonetic component
yǎn to hide
to hide, to secrete, to repress
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Notes
Similar Characters
亿 hundred million (simp)什 what?仁 benevolence仃 solitary仅 solely (simp)仆 to fall forward (simp)仇 animosity仍 still仔 meticulous仕 official他 he仗 battle仙 immortal仟 one thousand代 generation仫 tribe (alt)们 plural (simp)仰 look up to仲 mid-仳 part
Historical Evolution
Bronze Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
Bronze
Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical
Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
偃
Regular
Modern
Chinese
偃 [Yǎn]
surname Yan
偃 [yǎn]
to lie supine; to stop; to fall down
Example Sentences
CHINESE WORDS (5)
偃旗息鼓 [yǎn​qí​xī​gǔ] #35,114
lit. lay down the flag and still the drums (idiom); fig. to cease
偃师 [Yǎn​shī] #45,926
Yanshi county level city in Luoyang 洛陽|洛阳[Luò​yáng], Henan
偃师 [Yǎn​shī] #45,926
Yanshi county level city in Luoyang 洛陽|洛阳[Luò​yáng], Henan
偃师市 [Yǎn​shī​shì] #55,694
Yanshi county level city in Luoyang 洛陽|洛阳, Henan
偃师市 [Yǎn​shī​shì] #55,694
Yanshi county level city in Luoyang 洛陽|洛阳, Henan
JAPANESE WORDS (6)
偃月刀 [えんげつとう] #73,825
scimitar
偃月 [えんげつ] #124,567
crescent moon
偃武 [えんぶ] #215,494
armistice
偃臥 [えんが] #314,785
lying face down
堰塞 [えんそく]
damming (e.g. a pond)
元和偃武 [げんなえんぶ]
Genna armistice (period following the fall of Osaka Castle in 1615)