Chinese Word: 砚 - Talking Chinese English Dictionary

砚 (Trad.: 硯)

Pinyin: yàn

English Definition: ink-stone

Chinese Definition:
①写毛笔字磨墨用的文具，多数用石做成：砚台。笔砚。
②旧指同学关系(因同学共笔砚)：同砚。砚友。

Total strokes: 9; Radical: 石

Pictophonetic: 见 indicates the sound; 石 (stone) conveys the meaning.

Character Formation:

⿰ Left to right
- 石 [ shí ] stone, rock, mineral
- 见 [ jiàn ] to see, to observe, to meet, to appear

Similar Characters: 观现视硕

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砚池	yàn chí	(concave) ink stone or ink slab
端砚	duān yàn	high-quality ink stonemade in Duanxi and Guangdong
古砚	gǔ yàn	antique ink slab; Classifiers: 台
砚山县	yàn shān xiàn	Yanshan county in Wenshan Zhuang and Miao autonomous prefecture 文山壮族苗族自治州 , Yunnan
砚瓦	yàn wǎ	ink slab

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1		wěi 伟 gāng 刚 ài shí 爱石， ér hòu 而后 zhì yàn 制砚。 Wei gang like stone, makes inkstone later.
2		wǒ 我 yǔ 与 wǒ 我 de 的 tóng 同 yàn 砚 hěn hǎo 很好 xiāng chǔ 相处。 I get on well with my classmates .
3		tā 他 yǔ 与 tā 他 de 的 tóng 同 yàn 砚 xiāng chǔ 相处 hěn hǎo 很好。 He gets on well with his classmates .
4		yīn wèi 因为 chū mén zài wài 出门在外 bù néng 不能 àn shí 按时 yàn 砚 yào 药。 Because is away from home cannot on time the inkstone medicine.
5		qǐng 请 kàn 看 zhè r 这儿， xiān sheng 先生。 tā 它 zhǐ 指 de 的 shì 是 zhǐ 纸、 bǐ 笔、 yàn 砚、 mò 墨。 Look here, sir. They are Xuan paper, ink brush, ink slab and ink stick.

1		wěi 伟 gāng 刚 ài shí 爱石， ér hòu 而后 zhì yàn 制砚。 Wei gang like stone, makes inkstone later.
2		wǒ 我 yǔ 与 wǒ 我 de 的 tóng 同 yàn 砚 hěn hǎo 很好 xiāng chǔ 相处。 I get on well with my classmates .
3		tā 他 yǔ 与 tā 他 de 的 tóng 同 yàn 砚 xiāng chǔ 相处 hěn hǎo 很好。 He gets on well with his classmates .
4		yīn wèi 因为 chū mén zài wài 出门在外 bù néng 不能 àn shí 按时 yàn 砚 yào 药。 Because is away from home cannot on time the inkstone medicine.
5		qǐng 请 kàn 看 zhè r 这儿， xiān sheng 先生。 tā 它 zhǐ 指 de 的 shì 是 zhǐ 纸、 bǐ 笔、 yàn 砚、 mò 墨。 Look here, sir. They are Xuan paper, ink brush, ink slab and ink stick.