衍 — Chinese character
衍
yǎn
to overflow; to spread out
- Pinyin
- yǎn
- Radical
- 144 ⾏ (Walk Enclosure)
- Strokes
- 9
- Components
- 行 氵
- Formation
- ideographic — Water 氵 going in all directions 行
- Japanese
- 衍 as a kanji
Common words with 衍
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 衍生 | yǎn shēng | to give rise to; to derive |
| 繁衍 | fán yǎn | to multiply; to reproduce |
| 敷衍 | fū yǎn | to elaborate (on a theme); to expound (the classics) |
| 衍射 | yǎn shè | (physics) to diffract |
| 衍生物 | yǎn shēng wù | derivative; offshoot |
| 敷衍了事 | fū yǎn liǎo shì | (idiom) to do things half-heartedly; to merely go through the motions |
| 衍化 | yǎn huà | to evolve (of ideas, designs, constructions etc); to develop and change |
| 衍变 (衍變) | yǎn biàn | to develop; to evolve |
| 敷衍塞责 (敷衍塞責) | fū yǎn sè zé | (idiom) to skimp on the job; to work half-heartedly; not to take the job seriously |
| 推衍 | tuī yǎn | to deduce; to infer |
| 蕃衍 | fán yǎn | variant of 繁衍 (fán yǎn) |
| 衍伸 | yǎn shēn | to give rise (to); to spawn |
English words written with 衍
衍 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Mencius 1 · Zhuangzi 8
- Mencius 3B.2
- Zhuangzi The Identity of Contraries
- Zhuangzi The Circling Sky
- Zhuangzi Autumn Floods
- Zhuangzi Tsê Yang
- Zhuangzi Language
- Zhuangzi The Empire
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