筵

yán

Meanings

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yán

1.bamboo mat for sitting

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Wiktionary

1.banquet; feast
2.bamboo mat
3.seat

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Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *lan): semantic 竹 (“bamboo”) + phonetic 延 (OC *lan, *lans).

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Stroke order

Components

筵⺮延

Components from cjk-decomp · MIT

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