Chinese Character Wiki
延

yán

delay

Original meaning: 

walk

Phonosemantic compound. 廴 represents the meaning and 正 represents the sound.

Components
正 sound component

正  Sound component

zhèng, zhēng

  

correct

廴 meaning component

廴  Meaning component

yǐn

  

walk

Evolution

延 Bronze script Late Spring and Autumn (~500 BC)

Bronze script

Late Spring and Autumn (~500 BC)
延 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

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

Clerical script

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

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

延  

yán

delay, postpone, defer; to prolong; to extend; to delay

延  

Yán

surname Yan

Most common words with 延
Freq.
Word
Meaning

延长

to prolong

延续

to continue

拖延

to delay

延伸

to extend

延

to prolong

Component uses

Meaning component in 1 character (0 verified)

埏

Sound component in 6 characters (4 verified)

蛋 誕 诞 涎 蜒 筵

Remnant component in 1 character (1 verified)

蛋

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*la[n]

yen

yán

extend


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 19.3657% of movies

1563rd most common character in movies

1103rd most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

6

Unicode

U+5EF6

Shuowen

“延，長行也。从，丿聲。”


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