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谚 (yàn): Proverb — Stroke Order & Writing Guide

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3.

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Left-Right

谚

讠yán · speech

彦yàn · elegant

谚=讠yán · speech+彦yàn · elegant

4.

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5.

Related Words: 谚

俗谚 • sú yàn • folk saying

sú俗

yàn谚

folk saying

农谚 • nóng yàn • agricultural proverb

nóng农

yàn谚

agricultural proverb

古谚 • gǔ yàn • old proverb

gǔ古

yàn谚

old proverb

谚语 • yàn yǔ • proverb, saying

yàn谚

yǔ语

proverb, saying

6.

Example Sentences

“

zǎo早

xiá霞

bù不

chū出

mén门

，

wǎn晚

xiá霞

xíng行

qiān千

lǐ里

”

shì是

yí一

jù句

gǔ古

lǎo老

de的

nóng农

yàn谚

。

"Red sky at morning, shepherd's warning; red sky at night, shepherd's delight" is an old agricultural proverb.

zhōng中

guó国

yǒu有

hěn很

duō多

guān关

yú于

tiān天

qì

zhè这

wèi位

lǎo老

rén人

jīng经

cháng常

yòng用

sú俗

yàn

zhè这

jù句

gǔ古

yàn谚

hěn很

yǒu有

dào道

lǐ理

Information

Pinyinyàn

Meaningproverb, maxim

Strokes11

Radical讠

Traditional諺

StructureLeft-Right

Frequency#3625

Zhuyinㄧㄢˋ

UnicodeU+8C1A

CangjieIVYHH

气

de的

yàn谚

yǔ语

，

fēi非

cháng常

yǒu有

qù趣

。

China has many interesting proverbs about the weather.

谚

lái来

jiào教

dǎo导

nián年

qīng轻

rén人

。

This old man often uses folk sayings to teach the younger generation.

。

This old proverb makes a lot of sense.

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Characters pronounced "yan".

彦yànelegant
阉yāncastrate; eunuch
焉yānthereupon, then; how? why? where?
赝yànfalse; counterfeit; bogus; sham
魇yǎnnightmare, bad dreams
妍yánbeautiful; pretty

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Same Radical

Characters with radical "讠".

谕yùproclaim, instruct; edict
诏zhàodecree, proclaim; imperial decree
谏jiànremonstrate, admonish
诅zǔcurse; swear, pledge
谗chánslander, defame, misrepresent
讫qìfinish; conclude, stop; exhaust

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