Read Edit View history 衍 yǎn HSK7 overflow Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Same origin as 永. Pictograph of a long river with a tributary. The meaning later shifted to "overflow" and "spill over". Pinyin Separate values with commas yǎn × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components No items. + Add component Stroke Data 衍 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 287, 814 ], [ 304, 790 ], [ 310, 769 ], [ 275, 717 ], [ 210, 643 ], [ 167, 604 ], [ 125, 577 ] ], [ [ 274, 614 ], [ 294, 593 ], [ 301, 568 ], [ 271, 513 ], [ 190, 396 ], [ 105, 301 ], [ 39, 244 ] ], [ [ 235, 414 ], [ 239, 389 ], [ 257, 357 ], [ 253, 212 ], [ 240, 103 ], [ 246, 34 ] ], [ [ 416, 701 ], [ 494, 646 ], [ 510, 612 ] ], [ [ 355, 515 ], [ 415, 474 ], [ 440, 447 ] ], [ [ 393, 117 ], [ 385, 148 ], [ 385, 190 ], [ 516, 408 ] ], [ [ 615, 659 ], [ 642, 654 ], [ 682, 658 ], [ 790, 688 ], [ 829, 687 ] ], [ [ 549, 476 ], [ 604, 474 ], [ 717, 503 ], [ 879, 532 ], [ 926, 531 ], [ 960, 523 ] ], [ [ 696, 470 ], [ 728, 453 ], [ 738, 432 ], [ 745, 120 ], [ 741, 75 ], [ 719, 31 ], [ 672, 45 ], [ 608, 78 ] ] ], "strokes": 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251 311 213 126 Q 192 96 227 33 Q 230 29 234 23 Q 250 8 262 33 Q 275 72 275 115 Q 276 298 283 339 Q 290 364 281 374 Q 250 411 235 421 C 212 440 200 421 212 393 Z", "M 437 657 Q 459 635 483 609 Q 496 596 512 595 Q 522 596 529 609 Q 533 624 526 653 Q 522 672 493 686 Q 423 713 412 707 Q 408 703 408 690 Q 411 680 437 657 Z", "M 361 489 Q 401 444 434 428 Q 447 425 456 437 Q 460 447 458 463 Q 446 500 372 522 Q 357 526 349 523 Q 343 522 346 511 Q 347 501 361 489 Z", "M 355 216 Q 343 213 345 197 Q 354 131 383 112 Q 389 105 398 107 Q 405 108 407 130 Q 413 166 516 391 Q 523 404 522 411 Q 522 420 514 414 Q 502 408 392 251 Q 380 233 355 216 Z", "M 623 671 Q 583 661 614 644 Q 671 623 725 643 Q 768 653 814 667 Q 835 673 838 676 Q 847 686 841 695 Q 831 708 798 713 Q 764 716 731 700 Q 709 690 683 683 Q 656 676 623 671 Z", "M 731 483 Q 731 484 735 484 Q 844 496 956 509 Q 966 512 970 518 Q 974 530 957 542 Q 900 578 838 555 Q 699 519 550 486 Q 531 482 546 467 Q 561 455 579 452 Q 600 448 615 454 Q 648 466 688 474 L 731 483 Z", "M 662 73 Q 640 79 613 84 Q 600 87 601 80 Q 602 73 612 63 Q 673 15 716 -27 Q 728 -36 741 -20 Q 781 37 775 112 Q 763 314 768 419 Q 774 447 768 456 Q 759 468 731 483 C 705 498 674 501 688 474 Q 689 470 695 461 Q 707 437 707 397 Q 710 312 713 118 Q 712 84 702 72 Q 692 65 662 73 Z" ] } 9 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.