yǎn

jewel

The fire  in a gem  also provides the pronunciation

Components
王 meaning component

  Meaning component

wángwàng

  

king

炎 sound,meaning component

  Sound Meaning component

yán

  

flame

Evolution

琰 Seal script Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)

Seal script

Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
琰 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
琰 Clerical script Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)

Clerical script

Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)
琰 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

yǎn

jewel, gem; glitter of gems; gem

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

5132nd most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

12

Unicode

U+7430

Shuowen

“琰,璧上起美色也。从玉,炎聲。”


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