筵 — Chinese character
筵
yán
bamboo mat; banquet, feast
- Pinyin
- yán
- Radical
- 118 ⽵ (Bamboo)
- Strokes
- 14
- Components
- 延
- Formation
- pictophonetic — bamboo; meaning component ⺮; sound component 延
- Japanese
- 筵 as a kanji
Common words with 筵
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 筵席 | yán xí | banquet; mat for sitting |
| 盛筵 | shèng yán | grand banquet |
| 筵宴 (筵讌) | yán yàn | feast; banquet |
| 喜筵 | xǐ yán | wedding banquet; congratulatory feast |
| 婚筵 | hūn yán | wedding reception |
| 别筵 (別筵) | bié yán | farewell banquet |
| 寿筵 (壽筵) | shòu yán | birthday banquet |
| 歌筵 | gē yán | a feast which also has a singing performance |
| 法筵 | fǎ yán | the seat of the Law, on which the one who explains the doctrine is seated (Buddhism) |
| 汤饼筵 (湯餅筵) | tāng bǐng yán | dinner party given on the third day after the birth of a baby (traditional) |
| 琼筵 (瓊筵) | qióng yán | banquet; elaborate feast |
| 筵上 | yán shǎng | feast |
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.