砚
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ink-stone
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Dict coverage rank #1,987 U+781A
How 砚 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
石 (semantic, “stone”) + 见 (phonetic, jiàn)
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 见
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 见 (jiàn) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 见 sound component | jiàn | to see, to observe, to meet, to appear |
| 舰 | jiàn | warship |
| 苋 | xiàn | amaranth |
| 蚬 | xiǎn | clam, bivalve; Cyclina orientalis |
| 枧 | jiǎn | spout, bamboo tube; wooden peg |
| 笕 | jiǎn | bamboo water pipe |
Words containing 砚
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 砚山县 | Yàn shān Xiàn | Yanshan, a county in Wenshan Zhuang and Miao Autonomous Prefecture 文山壯族苗族自治州|文山壮族苗族自治州[Wen… |
| 砚水壶儿 | yàn shuǐ hú r | water container for an ink slab |
| 砚山 | Yàn shān | see 硯山縣|砚山县[Yan4 shan1 Xian4] |
| 程砚秋 | Chéng Yàn qiū | Cheng Yanqiu (1904-1958), famous Beijing opera star, second only to 梅蘭芳|梅兰芳[Mei2 Lan2 fang… |
| 磨穿铁砚 | mó chuān tiě yàn | to grind one's way through an ink stone; to persevere in a difficult task (idiom); to stud… |
| 砚石 | yàn shí | ink stone; ink slab |
| 砚台 | yàn tái | ink stone; ink slab; CL:方[fang1] |
| 同砚 | tóng yàn | classmate; fellow student |
| 古砚 | gǔ yàn | antique ink slab; CL:台[tai2] |
| 广砚 | Guǎng Yàn | Guangnan and Yanshan (in Yunnan) |
| 瓦砚 | wǎ yàn | ink stone or ink slab made from an antique palace tile |
| 砚瓦 | yàn wǎ | ink slab |
| 砚田 | yàn tián | ink stone; writing as a livelihood |
| 笔砚 | bǐ yàn | writing brush and ink stone |
| 砚室 | yàn shì | case for an ink slab |
| 砚友 | yàn yǒu | classmate; fellow student |
| 端砚 | Duān yàn | high-quality ink stonemade in Duanxi and Guangdong |
| 砚池 | yàn chí | (concave) ink stone or ink slab |
| 墨砚 | mò yàn | ink slab; ink stone |
| 砚席 | yàn xí | ink slab and sitting mat; place where one studies and teaches |