yǎn

Radical: 亻 pictophonetic

Components & Etymology

偃 decomposes into the following components:

Semantic component: ; phonetic component: .

Words containing 偃

Common multi-character words and phrases that include 偃.

偃师
yǎn shī
偃息
yǎn xī
偃师区
yǎn shī qū
偃旗息鼓
yǎn qí xī gǔ

Related characters (radical 亻)

Characters that share the radical .

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