懂中文 Dong Chinese

豔

yàn

plump

Phonosemantic compound. 盍 represents the meaning and 豐 represents the sound.

Components
盍 meaning component

盍  Meaning component

hé

  

what? why not?

豐 sound component

豐  Sound component

fēng

  

abundant

Evolution

豔 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
豔 Seal script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Seal script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
豔 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

豔  

yàn

plump, voluptuous, beautiful

艳 (豔) 

yàn

variant of 艷|艳[yàn]

Most common words with 豔
Freq.
Word
Meaning

艳

colorful

鲜艳

bright-colored

美艳

glamorous

艳丽

gorgeous

娇艳

tender and beautiful