| 1 | 同砚 | 同硯 | tóng yàn | tong2 yan4 | classmate; fellow student | | |
| 2 | 柘砚 | 柘硯 | zhè yàn | zhe4 yan4 | ink slabs from a place in Shandong | | |
| 3 | 砚室 | 硯室 | yàn shì | yan4 shi4 | case for an ink slab | | |
| 4 | 砚石 | 硯石 | yàn shí | yan4 shi2 | ink stone; ink slab | | |
| 5 | 砚山县 | 硯山縣 | yàn shān xiàn | Yan4 shan1 xian4 | Yanshan county in Wenshan Zhuang and Miao autonomous prefecture 文山壮族苗族自治州 , Yunnan | | |
| 6 | 砚山 | 硯山 | yàn shān | Yan4 shan1 | Yanshan county in Wenshan Zhuang and Miao autonomous prefecture 文山壮族苗族自治州 , Yunnan | | |
| 7 | 砚盒 | 硯盒 | yàn hé | yan4 he2 | case for an ink stone or ink slab | | |
| 8 | 砚耕 | 硯耕 | yàn gēng | yan4 geng1 | to live by writing | | |
| 9 | 砚弟 | 硯弟 | yàn dì | yan4 di4 | younger fellow student | | |
| 10 | 砚滴 | 硯滴 | yàn dī | yan4 di1 | small cup for adding water to an ink stone | | |
| 11 | 砚池 | 硯池 | yàn chí | yan4 chi2 | (concave) ink stone or ink slab | | |
| 12 | 砚 | 硯 | yàn | yan4 | ink-stone | | |
| 13 | 瓦砚 | 瓦硯 | wǎ yàn | wa3 yan4 | ink stone or ink slab made from an antique palace tile | | |
| 14 | 笔砚 | 筆硯 | bǐ yàn | bi3 yan4 | writing brush and ink stone | | |
| 15 | 同窗砚友 | 同窗硯友 | tóng chuāng yàn yǒu | tong2 chuang1 yan4 you3 | schoolmate (idiom) | | |
| 16 | 铁砚磨穿 | 鐵硯磨穿 | tiě yàn mó chuān | tie3 yan4 mo2 chuan1 | to study with uncommon diligence (idiom) | | |
| 17 | 陶砚 | 陶硯 | táo yàn | tao2 yan4 | ink stone made of pottery | | |
| 18 | 辟雍砚 | 辟雍硯 | pì yōng yàn | pi4 yong1 yan4 | ink slab or ink stone of celadon or white porcelain with unglazed surface | | |
| 19 | 墨砚 | 墨硯 | mò yàn | mo4 yan4 | ink slab; ink stone | | |
| 20 | 磨穿铁砚 | 磨穿鐵硯 | mó chuān tiě yàn | mo2 chuan1 tie3 yan4 | to grind one's way through an ink stone; to persevere in a difficult task (idiom); to study diligently (idiom) | | |
| 21 | 广砚 | 廣硯 | guǎng yàn | Guang3 Yan4 | Guangnan and Yanshan (in Yunnan) | | |
| 22 | 古砚 | 古硯 | gǔ yàn | gu3 yan4 | antique ink slab; Classifiers: 台 | | |
| 23 | 焚砚 | 焚硯 | fén yàn | fen2 yan4 | to destroy one's ink-slab; to write no more because others write so much better (idiom) | | |
| 24 | 端砚 | 端硯 | duān yàn | Duan1 yan4 | high-quality ink stonemade in Duanxi and Guangdong | | |
| 25 | 涤砚 | 滌硯 | dí yàn | di2 yan4 | to wash an ink-slab; to prepare for study (idiom) | | |