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Meaning of 硯

Lookup via: Pinyin | Radicals
(Simplified: 砚)
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: 12; Radical:
Pictophonetic: indicates the sound; (stone) conveys the meaning.
Character Formation:
  • Left to right
    • [ shí ] stone, rock, mineral
    • [ jiàn ] to see, to observe, to meet, to appear
Similar Characters:
Example Words
硯池 yàn chí (concave) ink stone or ink slab
硯山縣 yàn shān xiàn Yanshan county in Wenshan Zhuang and Miao autonomous prefecture 文山壮族苗族自治州 , Yunnan
硯瓦 yàn ink slab
More:硯* | *硯 | *硯*
Example Sentences
1
Wei gang like stone, makes inkstone later.
2
He gets on well with his classmates .
3
I get on well with my classmates .
4
Because is away from home cannot on time the inkstone medicine.
5
Look here, sir. They are Xuan paper, ink brush, ink slab and ink stick.