district

HSK 10

yān

エン、オン

Components

鄢 district

焉 Phonetic component

yān thereupon

thereupon, then

阝 Meaning component

fù mound

place

Notes

Historical Evolution

Seal

Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)

Seal

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical

Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)

Clerical

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Seal

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

鄢

Regular

Modern

Chinese

鄢 [Yān]

surname Yan; name of a district in Henan

Example Sentences

CHINESE WORDS (3)