yàn

peaceful

A woman safe in a house  at sunset 

Components
日 meaning component

  Meaning component

  

sun

安 meaning component

  Meaning component

ānan

  

peaceful

Evolution

晏 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

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

Clerical script

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

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

yàn

peaceful, quiet; clear; late in the day; late; quiet

 

Yàn

surname Yan

Most common words with 晏
Freq.
Word
Meaning

late

晏子

Yanzi (-c 500 BC), famous statesman from Qi of the Warring States, also known as 晏婴, hero of book 晏子春秋

晏婴

Yanzi (-c 500 BC), famous statesman from Qi of the Warring States, also known as 晏子, hero of book 晏子春秋

海晏

Haiyan county in Haibei Tibetan autonomous prefecture 海北藏族自治州[Hǎi​běi​Zàng​zú​zì​zhì​zhōu], Qinghai

海晏县

Haiyan county in Haibei Tibetan autonomous prefecture 海北藏族自治州[Hǎi​běi​Zàng​zú​zì​zhì​zhōu], Qinghai

Component uses

Sound component in 1 character (0 verified)

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*ʔˤ<r>a[n]-s

'aenH

yàn

peace, rest

*ʔˤe[n]-s

'enH

yàn

rest (v.)


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

3811th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

10

Unicode

U+664F

Shuowen

“晏,天清也。从日,安聲。”


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