yǎn

a marsh at the foot of the hills

Depicts a wet muddy area in a valley between two mountains.

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (3 of 4 verified)

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhanglon

說文解字

《說文》:“,山閒陷泥地。从口,从水敗皃。讀若沇州之沇。九州之渥地也,故以沇名焉。,古文。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica