Chinese Character Wiki

焉

yān

thereupon

A bird 鳥 with a strange head

Components
正 meaning component

正  Meaning component

zhèng, zhēng

  

correct

灬 meaning component

灬  Meaning component

biāo, huǒ

  

fire

Evolution

焉 Bronze script Late Warring States (~250 BC)

Bronze script

Late Warring States (~250 BC)
焉 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
焉 Clerical script Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)

Clerical script

Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
焉 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

焉  

yān

thereupon, then; how? why? where?; where; how

Most common words with 焉
Freq.
Word
Meaning

焉

where

心不在焉

absent-minded

语焉不详

to mention sth without elaborating (idiom); not giving details

焉耆

Yanqi county in Xinjiang

杀鸡焉用牛刀

don't use a sledgehammer on a nut

Component uses

Sound component in 4 characters (0 verified)

嫣 蔫 鄢 傿

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*ʔa[n]

'jen

yān

how

*[ʔ]a[n] (atonic)

hjen

yān

(3p locative pronoun)


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 2.2265% of movies

2986th most common character in movies

2526th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

11

Unicode

U+7109

Shuowen

“焉，焉鳥，黃色，出於江淮。象形。”


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