Read Edit View history 沿 yán HSK6 follow a course Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Pinyin Separate values with commas yán ×yàn × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint water Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 沿 Simp strokes 沿 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 沿 Simp strokes 沿 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 沿 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 207, 739 ], [ 287, 692 ], [ 316, 652 ] ], [ [ 123, 524 ], [ 193, 481 ], [ 221, 448 ] ], [ [ 179, 19 ], [ 164, 56 ], [ 160, 106 ], [ 293, 395 ] ], [ [ 441, 707 ], [ 470, 692 ], [ 483, 667 ], [ 483, 578 ], 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473 31 Q 474 31 477 30 Q 487 26 502 29 Q 577 42 737 48 Q 749 49 751 58 Q 751 65 726 84 C 707 99 701 98 671 93 L 670 93 Q 559 71 472 64 C 442 61 444 39 473 31 Z" ] } 8 strokes 沿 Stroke Data (Trad) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 207, 739 ], [ 287, 692 ], [ 316, 652 ] ], [ [ 123, 524 ], [ 193, 481 ], [ 221, 448 ] ], [ [ 179, 19 ], [ 164, 56 ], [ 160, 106 ], [ 293, 395 ] ], [ [ 441, 707 ], [ 470, 692 ], [ 483, 667 ], [ 483, 578 ], [ 471, 506 ], [ 455, 462 ], [ 417, 405 ], [ 346, 341 ] ], [ [ 511, 703 ], [ 524, 693 ], [ 542, 694 ], [ 623, 721 ], [ 653, 725 ], [ 670, 722 ], [ 686, 708 ], [ 665, 613 ], [ 660, 489 ], [ 667, 436 ], [ 684, 406 ], [ 699, 394 ], [ 757, 381 ], [ 822, 385 ], [ 867, 398 ], [ 907, 391 ] ], [ [ 384, 274 ], [ 419, 241 ], [ 456, 12 ] ], [ [ 457, 261 ], [ 470, 248 ], [ 682, 286 ], [ 696, 287 ], [ 718, 277 ], [ 745, 244 ], [ 706, 116 ], [ 680, 103 ] ], [ [ 477, 37 ], [ 491, 47 ], [ 671, 69 ], [ 716, 67 ], [ 743, 58 ] ] ], "strokes": [ "M 232 693 Q 257 671 285 645 Q 301 630 319 632 Q 331 633 336 648 Q 340 666 330 699 Q 318 730 225 747 Q 207 751 200 747 Q 194 743 197 728 Q 201 715 232 693 Z", "M 134 489 Q 182 435 216 424 Q 232 421 242 436 Q 249 451 245 470 Q 230 513 169 528 Q 129 538 117 533 Q 110 532 114 518 Q 115 505 134 489 Z", "M 119 133 Q 106 129 109 110 Q 133 29 166 13 Q 173 6 185 9 Q 192 10 193 38 Q 196 84 294 374 Q 301 392 300 398 Q 299 408 289 401 Q 274 389 161 182 Q 148 158 119 133 Z", "M 502 706 Q 460 730 438 717 Q 426 711 434 699 Q 468 657 453 538 Q 437 442 341 346 Q 331 336 342 335 Q 355 336 384 354 Q 420 376 444 407 Q 472 438 484 471 Q 505 544 508 568 Q 508 640 516 669 C 522 696 522 696 502 706 Z", "M 910 377 Q 926 383 917 400 Q 901 421 881 432 Q 868 439 842 428 Q 799 407 743 410 Q 709 411 698 436 Q 676 467 684 566 Q 684 627 734 692 Q 753 708 734 724 Q 709 746 679 758 Q 667 764 648 752 Q 587 722 502 706 C 473 700 487 663 516 669 Q 531 669 609 696 Q 631 705 639 701 Q 648 697 646 680 Q 637 463 638 456 Q 641 399 682 372 Q 722 350 798 352 Q 873 355 910 377 Z", "M 447 265 Q 435 272 395 282 Q 382 286 377 281 Q 370 274 379 256 Q 409 186 422 71 Q 423 37 443 13 Q 462 -12 468 5 Q 472 15 473 31 L 472 64 Q 472 71 471 80 Q 458 189 454 229 C 451 259 450 263 447 265 Z", "M 726 84 Q 756 198 798 227 Q 817 248 801 268 Q 783 284 725 313 Q 704 323 680 313 Q 595 285 447 265 C 417 261 424 225 454 229 Q 676 262 684 258 Q 687 257 690 254 Q 711 230 671 93 C 663 64 718 55 726 84 Z", "M 473 31 Q 474 31 477 30 Q 487 26 502 29 Q 577 42 737 48 Q 749 49 751 58 Q 751 65 726 84 C 707 99 701 98 671 93 L 670 93 Q 559 71 472 64 C 442 61 444 39 473 31 Z" ] } 8 strokes Historical Pronunciations Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss + Add historical pronunciation Sources No sources. 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