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衍

yǎn

Meanings

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yǎn
  1. 1.to spread out
  2. 2.to develop
  3. 3.to overflow
  4. 4.to amplify
  5. 5.superfluous

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Wiktionary

  1. 1.to overflow; to spill over
  2. 2.to spread out; to extend; to develop
  3. 3.superfluous; unnecessary
  4. 4.characters mistakenly added during the copying of a text
  5. 5.lowland; flatland
  6. 6.marsh; bog
  7. 7.mountain slope; hillside
  8. 8.bamboo basket
  9. 9.a surname
  10. 10.to bring in; to invite; to introduce
  11. 11.yana; vehicle

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Etymology

Ideogrammic compound (會意 /会意): 行 (“path; way; to go; to move”) + 水 (“water”). Related to Proto-Western Kho-Bwa *qren (“to spill”) by Bodt.

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Stroke order

Components

衍行氵

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Derived terms

上岸衍生物信貸衍生產品信贷衍生产品取代衍生物平衍推衍敷衍敷衍了事敷衍塞責敷衍塞责沃衍篋衍箧衍繁衍羅摩衍那罗摩衍那胄裔繁衍蕃衍衍伸衍化衍化物衍射衍射儀衍射仪衍射光學衍射光学衍射學衍射学衍射格子衍射波

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Related words

敷衍 to elaborate (on a theme)衍生 to give rise to蕃衍 variant of 繁衍[fán yǎn]衍变 to develop铺衍 to spread out widely衍射 (physics) to diffract衍化 to evolve (of ideas, designs, constructions etc)衍伸 to give rise (to)箧衍 bamboo box繁衍 to multiply邹衍 Zou Yan (305-240 BC), founder of the School of Yin-Yang of the Warring States Period (475-221 BC)夏衍 Xia Yan (1900-1995), Chinese writer, playwright, socialist critic and movie pioneer