yán'àn HSK7

coastal

沿 yán, yàn follow a course

Components

Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water

water

Sound component
yǎn a marsh at the foot of the hills

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartywenlon go along (a river); follow

說文解字

《說文》:“沿,緣水而下也。从水,聲。《春秋傳》曰:‘王沿夏。’”

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica

àn shore, bank

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
yǎn, è tall mountain
Sound component
gàn, gān interfere

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (1)

Remnant (1)

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartnganH[ŋ]ˤa[r]-s bank of a river

說文解字

《說文》:“岸,水厓而高者。从屵,干聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica