Radical
Strokes
22
Residual strokes
19
Mandarin
yàn
Teochew

Glyph

Radical
Residual strokes
19 strokes
Strokes
22 strokes
Mandarin
yàn

Definitions by reading

iem7
Mandarin equivalent yàn
Regional readings
19th-century Fucheng iam7 Chaoyang iam7 Chenghai iang7 Jieyang iam7 Raoping iam7 Shantou iam7
滟 <形>
(形声。从水,艳声。本义:水闪闪发光) 同本义 [bright]
水光潋滟晴方好。――苏轼《饮湖上初晴后雨》
又如:滟潋(水光耀貌);滟滟(水光貌)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 

滟(灧)yàn[滟滪堆]长江三峡的瞿塘峡口之巨石,致使水流急湍,行船困难。1958年将它炸除。
潮州母语资料库

English meaning

waves, billows