yàn

to decide

Components

Meaning component
yán speech

speech

Sound component
xiàn offer, donate

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartngjenHŋ(r)ar-sannounce a verdict
ngjetŋ(r)atannounce a sentence (of a court)
Zhengzhangŋranʔ
ŋrans
ŋrad

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Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang

yàn to decide Simplified

Components

Meaning component
yán speech

speech

Sound component
xiàn offer, donate

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode