yàn

Radical: 石 pictophonetic

Components & Etymology

砚 decomposes into the following components:

Semantic component: ; phonetic component: .

Words containing 砚

Common multi-character words and phrases that include 砚.

古砚
gǔ yàn
同砚
tóng yàn
墨砚
mò yàn
广砚
guǎng yàn
柘砚
zhè yàn
涤砚
dí yàn
焚砚
fén yàn
瓦砚
wǎ yàn
砚兄
yàn xiōng
砚友
yàn yǒu
砚台
yàn tái
砚室
yàn shì

Related characters (radical 石)

Characters that share the radical .

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