yàn

proverb

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Dong Chinese dictionary - 谚 dong-chinese.com https://www.dong-chinese.com › wiki › 谚 Elegant 彦 words 讠; 彦 also provides the pronunciation. Components. 讠 Meaning component. yán. speech. 彦 Sound Meaning component. yàn. elegant. Evolution. 懑 - Dong Chinese dictionary dong-chinese.com https://www.dong-chinese.com › wiki › 懑 With a heavy 满 heart 心; 满 also provides the pronunciation. Components. 满 Sound Meaning component. mǎn. fill. 心 Meaning component. xīn. heart. Evolution. Dong Chinese dictionary - 誇 dong-chinese.com https://www.dong-chinese.com › wiki › 誇 Extravagant 夸 words 言; 夸 also provides the pronunciation. Components. 言 Meaning component. yán. speech. 夸 Sound Meaning component. 諺 - Dong Chinese dictionary dong-chinese.com https://www.dong-chinese.com › wiki › 諺 Elegant 彦 words 言; 彦 also provides the pronunciation. Components. 言 Meaning component. yán. speech. 彦 Sound Meaning component. yàn. elegant. Evolution. 诶 - Dong Chinese dictionary dong-chinese.com https://www.dong-chinese.com › wiki › 诶 To verbally 讠 confirm 矣 ; 矣 also provides the pronunciation. Components. 讠 Meaning component. yán. speech. 矣 Sound Meaning component. 贖 - Dong Chinese dictionary dong-chinese.com https://www.dong-chinese.com › wiki › 贖 To sell 賣 a soul for money 貝; 賣 also provides the pronunciation. Components. 貝 Meaning component. bèi. sea shell. 賣 Sound Meaning component.

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Components

Meaning component
yán speech
SoundMeaning component
elegant

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartngjenHŋra[n]-s saying, proverb

說文解字

《說文》:“諺,傳言也。从言,彥聲。”

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica