奄 — Chinese character
奄
yǎn
to remain, to tarry; feeble
- Pinyin
- yǎn
- Radical
- 37 ⼤ (Big)
- Strokes
- 8
- Components
- 大 电
- Japanese
- 奄 as a kanji
Common words with 奄
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 奄奄一息 | yǎn yǎn yī xī | dying; at one's last gasp |
| 气息奄奄 (氣息奄奄) | qì xī yǎn yǎn | to have only a breath of life (idiom) |
| 奄列 | yǎn liè | omelet |
奄 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Mencius 1 · Zhuangzi 1
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