諺
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谚
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Elegant 彦 words 言; 彦 also provides the pronunciation
Components
Traditional (諺)
Simplified (谚)
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唁 express condolence善 virtuous狺 the snarling of dogs謠 rumor (trad)這 this (trad)信 faith獄 prison (trad/jp)罰 penalize (trad/jp)訂 place an order (trad/jp)訃 obituary (trad/jp)訇 the sound of a crash計 plan (trad/jp)訌 confusion (trad)討 condemn (trad/jp)訓 instruction (trad/jp)訕 slander (trad)訖 stop (trad)託 entrust (trad/jp)記 remember (trad/jp)訚 speak (simp)
Historical Evolution
諺
Bronze
Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
諺
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
諺
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
諺
Seal
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
諺
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
諺
Regular
Modern
Chinese
谚 / 諺 [yàn]
proverb
Japanese
proverb; saying; aphorism; maxim
Example Sentences
CHINESE WORDS (9)
谚语 [yànyǔ] #12,126
proverb
民谚 [mínyàn] #49,157
folk saying
农谚 [nóngyàn] #54,539
farmers' saying
古谚 [gǔyàn] #61,997
ancient proverb
俗谚 [súyàn]
common saying
俗谚口碑 [súyànkǒubēi]
common sayings (idiom); widely circulated proverbs
俚谚 [lǐyàn]
common saying
谚文 [yànwén]
hangul, Korean phonetic alphabet
里谚 [lǐyàn]
common saying
JAPANESE WORDS (10)