Radical
Strokes
9
Residual strokes
4
Mandarin
yàn
Teochew

Glyph

Radical
Residual strokes
4 strokes
Strokes
9 strokes
Mandarin
yàn

Definitions by reading

in7
Mandarin equivalent yàn
Regional readings
19th-century Fucheng in7 Chaoyang ngi7 Chenghai in7 Jieyang ngi7 Raoping in7 Shantou in7
①yàn
②写毛笔字磨墨用的文具,多数用石做成:~瓦(砚台) | ~台 | 笔~ | ~璞(可作砚台的美石) | ~材(可作砚台的石料)。
③旧指同学关系(因同学共笔砚):同~ | ~友 |  ~兄。
④砚台,写毛笔字研墨用的文具
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English meaning

inkstone

GuangyunPhonological reconstruction

1
疑母 四等 開口 先韵 去声 吾甸切
Reconstruction:
Original

筆硯,釋名云:硯研也,研墨使和濡也,吾甸切,六。