| 1 | 砚室 | 硯室 | yàn shì | yan4 shi4 | case for an ink slab | | |
| 2 | 砚友 | 硯友 | yàn yǒu | yan4 you3 | classmate; fellow student | | |
| 3 | 砚兄砚弟 | 硯兄硯弟 | yàn xiōng yàn dì | yan4 xiong1 yan4 di4 | lit. older scholar and younger scholar; close friends (idiom) | | |
| 4 | 砚兄 | 硯兄 | yàn xiōng | yan4 xiong1 | senior fellow student | | |
| 5 | 砚席 | 硯席 | yàn xí | yan4 xi2 | ink slab and sitting mat; place where one studies and teaches | | |
| 6 | 砚瓦 | 硯瓦 | yàn wǎ | yan4 wa3 | ink slab | | |
| 7 | 砚田之食 | 硯田之食 | yàn tián zhī shí | yan4 tian2 zhi1 shi2 | to make a living by writing (idiom) | | |
| 8 | 砚田 | 硯田 | yàn tián | yan4 tian2 | ink stone; writing as a livelihood | | |
| 9 | 砚台 | 硯臺 | yàn tái | yan4 tai2 | ink stone; ink slab; Classifiers: 方 | | |
| 10 | 砚水壶儿 | 硯水壺兒 | yàn shuǐ hú r | yan4 shui3 hu2 r5 | water container for an ink slab | | |
| 11 | 砚 | 硯 | yàn | yan4 | ink-stone | | |
| 12 | 砚石 | 硯石 | yàn shí | yan4 shi2 | ink stone; ink slab | | |
| 13 | 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 | | |
| 14 | 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 | | |
| 15 | 砚盒 | 硯盒 | yàn hé | yan4 he2 | case for an ink stone or ink slab | | |
| 16 | 砚耕 | 硯耕 | yàn gēng | yan4 geng1 | to live by writing | | |
| 17 | 砚弟 | 硯弟 | yàn dì | yan4 di4 | younger fellow student | | |
| 18 | 砚滴 | 硯滴 | yàn dī | yan4 di1 | small cup for adding water to an ink stone | | |
| 19 | 砚池 | 硯池 | yàn chí | yan4 chi2 | (concave) ink stone or ink slab | | |