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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for:

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
yǎn - to spread out
- to develop
- to overflow
- to amplify
- superfluous

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - 67,891 22,747 35,633

Character Breakdown:

Decomposition:

Radical:

Type:

Ideographic

Hint:

Water 氵 going in all directions 行

Other Words Containing

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
敷衍 6 - 14,039 17,528 9,075
繁衍 - - 16,042 20,538 23,643
衍生 - 9 29,749 11,693 19,510
敷衍了事 - - 33,040 51,573 42,749
衍生物 - - 49,027 32,372 56,475
衍射 - - 65,161 34,491 87,297
- - 67,891 22,747 35,633
衍变 - - 68,867 76,112 87,794
罗摩衍那 - - 76,907 - -
敷衍塞责 - - 80,963 75,960 96,664