延 — Chinese character
延
yán
to defer, to delay, to postpone; to extend, to prolong; surname
- Pinyin
- yán
- Radical
- 54 ⼵ (Long Stride)
- Strokes
- 8
- Components
- 丿 㢟
- Formation
- ideographic — A foot on the road 㢟 stopped in its tracks 丿
- Japanese
- 延 as a kanji
Common words with 延
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 延长 (延長) | yán cháng | to prolong; to extend |
| 延伸 | yán shēn | to extend; to stretch; to expand; to spread |
| 延续 (延續) | yán xù | to continue; to go on |
| 延迟 (延遲) | yán chí | to delay; to postpone |
| 延期 | yán qī | to delay; to extend |
| 蔓延 | màn yán | to spread; to extend |
| 拖延 | tuō yán | to delay; to put off |
| 延误 (延誤) | yán wù | to postpone (with unfortunate consequences); to take too long (to do sth); to miss (a deadline or window of opportunity) |
| 延缓 (延緩) | yán huǎn | to defer; to postpone |
| 绵延 (綿延) | mián yán | (esp. of a mountain range) to be continuous; to stretch long and unbroken |
| 延后 (延後) | yán hòu | to postpone; to defer |
| 外延 | wài yán | extension (semantics) |
English words written with 延
延 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Zhuangzi 3
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.