yàn

proverb

Elegant  words  also provides the pronunciation

Components
言 meaning component

  Meaning component

yán

  

speech

彦 sound,meaning component

  Sound Meaning component

yàn

  

elegant

Evolution

諺 Bronze script Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)

Bronze script

Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
諺 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
諺 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
諺 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

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yàn

proverb, maxim; proverb

Most common words with 諺
Freq.
Word
Meaning

谚语

proverb

proverb

民谚

folk saying

农谚

farmers' saying

古谚

old saying