阎 — Chinese character
阎
yán
village gate; surname
- Pinyin
- yán
- Radical
- 169 ⾨ (Gate)
- Strokes
- 11
- Components
- 门 臽
- Formation
- pictophonetic — gate; meaning component 门; sound component 臽
- Traditional
- 閻
Common words with 阎
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 见阎王 (見閻王) | jiàn Yán wáng | (coll.) to meet one's maker; to kick the bucket; to die |
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.