Read Edit View history 砚 yàn inkstone Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Phonosemantic compound. 石 represents the meaning and 见 represents the sound. Simplified form of 硯. Pinyin Separate values with commas yàn × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas 硯 × Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 砚 Simp strokes 砚 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 砚 Simp strokes 砚 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 砚 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "animcjk", "medians": [ [ [ 142, 623 ], [ 425, 679 ] ], [ [ 232, 599 ], [ 270, 573 ], [ 207, 392 ], [ 135, 266 ], [ 41, 159 ] ], [ [ 171, 405 ], [ 206, 360 ], [ 232, 165 ] ], [ [ 204, 400 ], [ 252, 396 ], [ 347, 428 ], [ 387, 407 ], [ 358, 273 ] ], [ [ 255, 215 ], [ 333, 249 ], [ 410, 253 ] ], [ [ 474, 737 ], [ 513, 676 ], [ 494, 321 ] ], [ [ 535, 720 ], [ 718, 749 ], [ 775, 706 ], [ 757, 324 ] ], [ 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