Read Edit View history Discussion 演 yǎn HSK3 perform Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 寅 represents the sound. Based on the original meaning "flow out". The meaning later shifted to "spread", "develop", and "perform". Pinyin Separate values with commas yǎn × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint 氵 is a component form of 水. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 演 Simp strokes 演 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 演 Simp strokes 演 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 演 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 207, 754 ], [ 284, 706 ], [ 304, 673 ] ], [ [ 133, 543 ], [ 202, 494 ], [ 223, 468 ] ], [ [ 188, 47 ], [ 174, 83 ], [ 171, 124 ], [ 293, 379 ] ], [ [ 539, 843 ], [ 625, 792 ], [ 646, 760 ] ], [ [ 383, 684 ], [ 395, 652 ], [ 384, 615 ], [ 355, 558 ], [ 347, 503 ] ], [ [ 420, 627 ], [ 436, 639 ], [ 563, 668 ], [ 792, 704 ], [ 828, 690 ], [ 844, 669 ], [ 785, 586 ] ], [ [ 484, 547 ], [ 507, 541 ], [ 545, 543 ], [ 673, 574 ], [ 712, 573 ] ], [ [ 386, 430 ], [ 407, 414 ], [ 421, 391 ], [ 464, 206 ] ], [ [ 434, 430 ], [ 455, 421 ], [ 709, 468 ], [ 744, 468 ], [ 772, 460 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