Read Edit View history 宴 yàn HSK6 to entertain Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Phonosemantic compound. 宀 represents the meaning and 妟 represents the sound. Based on the original meaning "peace and happiness". The meaning later shifted to "banquet", "feast", and "to entertain". Pinyin Separate values with commas yàn × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint Represents being peaceful at home. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 宴 Simp strokes 宴 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 宴 Simp strokes 宴 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 宴 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 465, 859 ], [ 536, 817 ], [ 556, 789 ] ], [ [ 252, 717 ], [ 260, 701 ], [ 260, 671 ], [ 214, 586 ], [ 211, 535 ] ], [ [ 290, 684 ], [ 308, 673 ], [ 339, 675 ], [ 552, 718 ], [ 745, 741 ], [ 787, 727 ], [ 805, 698 ], [ 738, 616 ] ], [ [ 318, 571 ], [ 340, 553 ], [ 351, 533 ], [ 384, 371 ] ], [ [ 362, 572 ], [ 384, 563 ], [ 458, 582 ], [ 586, 603 ], [ 620, 603 ], [ 644, 593 ], [ 662, 564 ], [ 612, 404 ], [ 615, 382 ] ], [ [ 393, 470 ], [ 424, 484 ], [ 463, 491 ], [ 514, 498 ], [ 548, 493 ] ], [ [ 402, 387 ], [ 413, 398 ], [ 450, 398 ], [ 564, 415 ], [ 573, 422 ] ], [ [ 423, 378 ], [ 442, 363 ], [ 451, 336 ], [ 376, 178 ], [ 406, 158 ], [ 544, 101 ], [ 672, 31 ], [ 695, 16 ], [ 745, -39 ] ], [ [ 567, 319 ], [ 596, 288 ], [ 586, 234 ], [ 556, 167 ], [ 492, 85 ], [ 435, 46 ], [ 367, 19 ], [ 280, 3 ], [ 248, 4 ] ], [ [ 119, 241 ], [ 172, 231 ], [ 467, 272 ], [ 811, 300 ], [ 855, 295 ], [ 902, 280 ] ] ], "strokes": [ "M 473 829 Q 518 783 551 769 Q 567 766 575 780 Q 581 793 577 811 Q 570 835 550 847 Q 541 853 481 870 Q 466 873 457 868 Q 450 867 454 854 Q 455 842 473 829 Z", "M 285 691 Q 273 715 262 723 Q 243 738 241 712 Q 247 675 187 610 Q 166 586 195 531 Q 210 504 230 532 L 284 663 C 291 680 291 680 285 691 Z", "M 284 663 Q 312 644 351 655 Q 498 700 689 718 Q 729 722 743 720 Q 761 708 758 700 Q 758 699 733 627 Q 726 614 733 609 Q 740 605 758 618 Q 812 655 857 668 Q 894 681 893 689 Q 892 699 816 753 Q 792 771 711 755 Q 611 743 392 706 Q 340 697 287 692 Q 286 692 285 691 C 255 687 257 676 284 663 Z", "M 354 574 Q 342 578 324 581 Q 312 584 309 579 Q 302 572 311 557 Q 336 503 353 415 Q 357 390 372 372 Q 390 350 395 365 Q 398 372 398 382 L 398 403 Q 394 433 389 463 L 386 487 Q 379 529 379 544 C 378 567 378 567 354 574 Z", "M 575 401 Q 593 374 609 365 Q 619 358 634 378 Q 647 397 674 502 Q 684 532 706 556 Q 719 568 708 581 Q 693 597 653 623 Q 637 632 572 616 Q 566 616 443 592 Q 394 582 354 574 C 325 568 350 535 379 544 Q 379 545 380 545 Q 452 566 578 585 Q 606 589 615 579 Q 625 567 623 555 Q 601 437 583 425 C 570 407 570 407 575 401 Z", "M 389 463 Q 392 463 396 463 Q 481 476 543 483 Q 564 486 557 497 Q 547 510 525 515 Q 497 519 386 487 C 357 479 359 463 389 463 Z", "M 444 385 Q 516 395 575 401 C 605 404 608 409 583 425 Q 579 429 569 431 Q 560 432 398 403 C 368 398 368 382 398 382 Q 404 382 416 382 L 444 385 Z", "M 455 285 Q 455 286 456 286 Q 468 310 479 324 Q 489 331 486 340 Q 482 355 446 384 Q 445 385 444 385 C 421 404 410 411 416 382 Q 415 378 418 372 Q 425 350 417 325 Q 408 301 400 279 L 384 243 Q 371 216 357 197 Q 347 181 349 167 Q 350 157 369 153 Q 420 140 476 111 Q 477 111 479 109 L 527 83 Q 597 43 699 -37 Q 724 -58 742 -57 Q 763 -57 763 -37 Q 763 -18 734 28 Q 722 50 693 63 Q 617 97 556 122 L 507 141 Q 452 163 413 173 Q 394 177 404 196 Q 420 227 434 249 L 455 285 Z", "M 628 307 Q 591 334 566 330 Q 553 329 558 312 Q 561 305 562 297 L 562 261 Q 555 206 507 141 L 479 109 Q 407 43 237 8 Q 218 1 239 -3 Q 359 -27 468 34 Q 501 53 527 83 L 556 122 Q 589 165 608 216 Q 621 250 631 264 C 646 290 648 294 628 307 Z", "M 631 264 Q 649 264 888 265 Q 909 264 914 273 Q 921 286 903 301 Q 839 349 776 330 Q 712 321 628 307 L 562 297 Q 528 297 455 285 L 400 279 Q 268 266 122 251 Q 100 250 116 231 Q 131 216 150 210 Q 172 203 189 208 Q 280 232 384 243 L 434 249 Q 438 250 444 251 Q 496 258 562 261 L 631 264 Z" ] } 10 strokes 宴 Stroke Data (Trad) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 465, 859 ], [ 536, 817 ], [ 556, 789 ] ], [ [ 252, 717 ], [ 260, 701 ], [ 260, 671 ], [ 214, 586 ], [ 211, 535 ] ], [ [ 290, 684 ], [ 308, 673 ], [ 339, 675 ], [ 552, 718 ], [ 745, 741 ], [ 787, 727 ], [ 805, 698 ], [ 738, 616 ] ], [ [ 318, 571 ], [ 340, 553 ], [ 351, 533 ], [ 384, 371 ] ], [ [ 362, 572 ], [ 384, 563 ], [ 458, 582 ], [ 586, 603 ], [ 620, 603 ], [ 644, 593 ], [ 662, 564 ], [ 612, 404 ], [ 615, 382 ] ], [ [ 393, 470 ], [ 424, 484 ], [ 463, 491 ], [ 514, 498 ], [ 548, 493 ] ], [ [ 402, 387 ], [ 413, 398 ], [ 450, 398 ], [ 564, 415 ], [ 573, 422 ] ], [ [ 423, 378 ], [ 442, 363 ], [ 451, 336 ], [ 376, 178 ], [ 406, 158 ], [ 544, 101 ], [ 672, 31 ], [ 695, 16 ], [ 745, -39 ] ], [ [ 567, 319 ], [ 596, 288 ], [ 586, 234 ], [ 556, 167 ], [ 492, 85 ], [ 435, 46 ], [ 367, 19 ], [ 280, 3 ], [ 248, 4 ] ], [ [ 119, 241 ], [ 172, 231 ], [ 467, 272 ], [ 811, 300 ], [ 855, 295 ], [ 902, 280 ] ] ], "strokes": [ "M 473 829 Q 518 783 551 769 Q 567 766 575 780 Q 581 793 577 811 Q 570 835 550 847 Q 541 853 481 870 Q 466 873 457 868 Q 450 867 454 854 Q 455 842 473 829 Z", "M 285 691 Q 273 715 262 723 Q 243 738 241 712 Q 247 675 187 610 Q 166 586 195 531 Q 210 504 230 532 L 284 663 C 291 680 291 680 285 691 Z", "M 284 663 Q 312 644 351 655 Q 498 700 689 718 Q 729 722 743 720 Q 761 708 758 700 Q 758 699 733 627 Q 726 614 733 609 Q 740 605 758 618 Q 812 655 857 668 Q 894 681 893 689 Q 892 699 816 753 Q 792 771 711 755 Q 611 743 392 706 Q 340 697 287 692 Q 286 692 285 691 C 255 687 257 676 284 663 Z", "M 354 574 Q 342 578 324 581 Q 312 584 309 579 Q 302 572 311 557 Q 336 503 353 415 Q 357 390 372 372 Q 390 350 395 365 Q 398 372 398 382 L 398 403 Q 394 433 389 463 L 386 487 Q 379 529 379 544 C 378 567 378 567 354 574 Z", "M 575 401 Q 593 374 609 365 Q 619 358 634 378 Q 647 397 674 502 Q 684 532 706 556 Q 719 568 708 581 Q 693 597 653 623 Q 637 632 572 616 Q 566 616 443 592 Q 394 582 354 574 C 325 568 350 535 379 544 Q 379 545 380 545 Q 452 566 578 585 Q 606 589 615 579 Q 625 567 623 555 Q 601 437 583 425 C 570 407 570 407 575 401 Z", "M 389 463 Q 392 463 396 463 Q 481 476 543 483 Q 564 486 557 497 Q 547 510 525 515 Q 497 519 386 487 C 357 479 359 463 389 463 Z", "M 444 385 Q 516 395 575 401 C 605 404 608 409 583 425 Q 579 429 569 431 Q 560 432 398 403 C 368 398 368 382 398 382 Q 404 382 416 382 L 444 385 Z", "M 455 285 Q 455 286 456 286 Q 468 310 479 324 Q 489 331 486 340 Q 482 355 446 384 Q 445 385 444 385 C 421 404 410 411 416 382 Q 415 378 418 372 Q 425 350 417 325 Q 408 301 400 279 L 384 243 Q 371 216 357 197 Q 347 181 349 167 Q 350 157 369 153 Q 420 140 476 111 Q 477 111 479 109 L 527 83 Q 597 43 699 -37 Q 724 -58 742 -57 Q 763 -57 763 -37 Q 763 -18 734 28 Q 722 50 693 63 Q 617 97 556 122 L 507 141 Q 452 163 413 173 Q 394 177 404 196 Q 420 227 434 249 L 455 285 Z", "M 628 307 Q 591 334 566 330 Q 553 329 558 312 Q 561 305 562 297 L 562 261 Q 555 206 507 141 L 479 109 Q 407 43 237 8 Q 218 1 239 -3 Q 359 -27 468 34 Q 501 53 527 83 L 556 122 Q 589 165 608 216 Q 621 250 631 264 C 646 290 648 294 628 307 Z", "M 631 264 Q 649 264 888 265 Q 909 264 914 273 Q 921 286 903 301 Q 839 349 776 330 Q 712 321 628 307 L 562 297 Q 528 297 455 285 L 400 279 Q 268 266 122 251 Q 100 250 116 231 Q 131 216 150 210 Q 172 203 189 208 Q 280 232 384 243 L 434 249 Q 438 250 444 251 Q 496 258 562 261 L 631 264 Z" ] } 10 strokes Historical Pronunciations Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss + Add historical pronunciation Sources × × Quick add: 漢語多功能字庫季旭昇《說文新證》李学勤《字源》zi.toolsChinese Text Project許進雄《簡明中國文字學》 + Add source Verified Edit Comment (required) Submit Edit Note: The form works without JavaScript but the tag/list editors are simplified.