演 — Chinese character
演
yǎn
to perform, to act, to put on a play
- Pinyin
- yǎn
- Radical
- 85 ⽔ (Water)
- Strokes
- 14
- Components
- 氵 寅
- Formation
- pictophonetic — water; meaning component 氵; sound component 寅
- Japanese
- 演 as a kanji
Common words with 演
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 表演 | biǎo yǎn | play; show |
| 导演 (導演) | dǎo yǎn | to direct; director (film etc) |
| 演员 (演員) | yǎn yuán | actor; actress; performer |
| 演出 | yǎn chū | to act (in a play); to perform |
| 演讲 (演講) | yǎn jiǎng | to give a lecture; to make a speech |
| 扮演 | bàn yǎn | to play the role of; to act |
| 演变 (演變) | yǎn biàn | to develop; to evolve |
| 主演 | zhǔ yǎn | to play the leading role; to star; lead actor |
| 演唱会 (演唱會) | yǎn chàng huì | vocal recital or concert |
| 上演 | shàng yǎn | to screen (a movie); to stage (a play) |
| 演唱 | yǎn chàng | to sing (for an audience); vocal performance |
| 演奏 | yǎn zòu | to perform on a musical instrument |
English words written with 演
演 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Zhuangzi 1
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.