Read Edit View history Discussion 焉 yān thereupon Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Phonosemantic compound. 鳥 represents the meaning and 正 represents the sound. Based on the original meaning "a type of bird". The current meaning is a phonetic loan. Pinyin Separate values with commas yān ×yí × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 焉 Simp strokes 焉 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 焉 Simp strokes 焉 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 焉 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 316, 795 ], [ 338, 787 ], [ 400, 786 ], [ 665, 828 ], [ 711, 826 ] ], [ [ 481, 772 ], [ 509, 746 ], [ 506, 597 ], [ 490, 576 ] ], [ [ 533, 666 ], [ 544, 670 ], [ 548, 679 ], [ 637, 695 ], [ 661, 697 ], [ 683, 690 ] ], [ [ 309, 700 ], [ 343, 667 ], [ 360, 571 ], [ 349, 562 ] ], [ [ 185, 520 ], [ 241, 513 ], [ 396, 542 ], [ 725, 577 ], [ 763, 572 ], [ 800, 559 ] ], [ [ 389, 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715 Q 633 719 532 688 C 503 679 500 659 530 659 Z", "M 381 553 Q 372 679 372 681 Q 369 685 365 689 Q 344 702 321 710 Q 308 714 301 708 Q 294 702 301 689 Q 319 662 344 549 C 351 520 383 523 381 553 Z", "M 349 514 Q 473 545 787 545 Q 806 545 811 554 Q 815 564 800 578 Q 751 617 714 608 Q 641 593 525 574 L 485 567 Q 482 568 381 553 L 344 549 Q 268 540 188 529 Q 167 528 183 511 Q 196 498 214 492 Q 233 488 250 492 Q 278 499 308 506 L 349 514 Z", "M 388 434 Q 370 430 391 414 Q 404 404 433 408 Q 569 427 668 439 Q 693 442 685 456 Q 675 472 648 478 Q 623 482 579 472 Q 477 450 388 434 Z", "M 326 267 Q 450 324 710 331 Q 741 332 753 320 Q 772 304 769 268 Q 766 192 745 85 Q 739 63 723 50 Q 711 43 629 63 Q 611 70 611 62 Q 610 52 630 39 Q 675 -1 694 -35 Q 713 -63 734 -44 Q 780 -8 799 37 Q 808 76 831 246 Q 835 286 853 305 Q 869 321 862 332 Q 849 345 799 370 Q 774 383 743 376 Q 692 366 634 362 Q 495 349 367 325 Q 339 321 343 337 Q 358 431 374 472 Q 380 488 371 498 Q 359 508 349 514 C 327 535 303 536 308 506 Q 307 506 308 505 Q 321 481 305 367 Q 302 351 271 318 Q 259 303 268 291 Q 277 281 298 264 Q 308 255 326 267 Z", "M 183 224 Q 158 175 127 132 Q 120 122 117 105 Q 114 80 121 65 Q 128 47 150 59 Q 201 93 206 165 Q 213 198 206 223 Q 202 232 196 233 Q 187 232 183 224 Z", "M 294 207 Q 318 120 339 108 Q 349 102 361 115 Q 367 125 367 144 Q 364 183 307 227 Q 300 231 295 222 Q 291 216 294 207 Z", "M 421 219 Q 454 147 475 142 Q 485 138 496 152 Q 500 162 496 182 Q 492 198 472 211 Q 444 235 431 241 Q 424 244 420 234 Q 417 228 421 219 Z", "M 565 216 Q 589 186 614 151 Q 624 138 640 135 Q 650 134 657 145 Q 664 158 661 188 Q 660 209 631 230 Q 562 269 548 267 Q 544 264 542 252 Q 543 240 565 216 Z" ] } 11 strokes Historical Pronunciations Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss 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 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