yǎn

mole

Evolution

黶 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
黶 Clerical script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
黶 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Definitions

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yǎn

mole, scar, blemish; black spots on body

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

8439th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

26

Simplified

Unicode

U+9EF6

Shuowen

“黶,申黑也。从黑,厭聲。”


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