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inkstone
Radical
Strokes (without radical) 4 Total Strokes 9
Mandarin reading yàn Cantonese reading jin6
Japanese on reading Japanese kun reading
Korean reading Vietnamese reading
Traditional Variant(s) inkstone

CEDICT Entries:

   [ yàn ]    ink-stone
   [ yàn xiōng ]    senior fellow student
   [ yàn yoǔ ]    classmate, fellow student
   [ yàn shì ]    case for an ink slab
   [ yàn shān ]    Yanshan county in Wenshan Zhuang and Miao autonomous prefecture 文山壯族苗族自治州|文山壮族苗族自治州[Wen2 shan1 Zhuang4 zu2 Miao2 zu2 zi4 zhi4 zhou1], Yunnan
   [ yàn shān xiàn ]    Yanshan county in Wenshan Zhuang and Miao autonomous prefecture 文山壯族苗族自治州|文山壮族苗族自治州[Wen2 shan1 Zhuang4 zu2 Miao2 zu2 zi4 zhi4 zhou1], Yunnan
   [ yàn ]    ink slab and sitting mat, place where one studies and teaches
   [ yàn ]    younger fellow student
   [ yàn shuǐ ]    water container for an ink slab
   [ yàn chí ]    (concave) ink stone or ink slab
   [ yàn ]    small cup for adding water to an ink stone
   [ yàn ]    ink slab
   [ yàn tián ]    ink stone, writing as a livelihood
   [ yàn tián zhī shí ]    to make a living by writing (idiom)
   [ yàn ]    case for an ink stone or ink slab
   [ yàn shí ]    ink stone, ink slab
   [ yàn gēng ]    to live by writing
   [ yàn taí ]    ink stone, ink slab, CL:方[fang1]
⇒    [ yàn ]    antique ink slab, CL:台[tai2]
⇒    [ tóng yàn ]    classmate, fellow student
⇒    [ yàn ]    ink slab, ink stone
⇒ 广   [ guǎng yàn ]    Guangnan and Yanshan (in Yunnan)
⇒    [ zhè yàn ]    ink slabs from a place in Shandong
⇒    [ yàn ]    to wash an ink-slab, to prepare for study (idiom)
⇒    [ fén yàn ]    to destroy one's ink-slab, to write no more because others write so much better (idiom)
⇒    [ yàn ]    ink stone or ink slab made from an antique palace tile
⇒ 穿   [ chuān tiě yàn ]    to grind one's way through an ink stone, to persevere in a difficult task (idiom), to study diligently (idiom)
⇒    [ chéng yàn qiū ]    Cheng Yanqiu (1904-1958), famous Beijing opera star, second only to 梅蘭芳|梅兰芳[Mei2 Lan2 fang1]
⇒    [ duān yàn ]    high-quality ink stonemade in Duanxi and Guangdong
⇒    [ yàn ]    writing brush and ink stone
⇒    [ yōng yàn ]    ink slab or ink stone of celadon or white porcelain with unglazed surface
⇒    [ taó yàn ]    ink stone made of pottery

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