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绵延 (mián yán): meaning and stroke order

绵延 (mián yán) means (esp. of a mountain range) to be continuous; to stretch long and unbroken.

绵延

Simplified
绵延
Traditional
綿延
Pinyin
mián yán

Stroke order of 绵延

绵

  • mián silk floss; continuous
  • mián old variant of 綿|绵[mian2]; cotton
  • 11 strokes
  • Traditional form: 綿

Stroke by stroke

延

  • Yán surname Yan
  • yán to prolong; to extend
  • 6 strokes

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 绵延

  1. mián yán Traditional 綿延
    • (esp. of a mountain range) to be continuous; to stretch long and unbroken

Radicals of the characters

绵
Radical 纟 (Kangxi radical 120) in its simplified form · 11 strokes · 纟 on the left, 帛 on the right
延
Radical 廴 (Kangxi radical 54) · 8 strokes · built from 廴 and 𠂛

Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.

绵延 in our stories

Preview version — Chinese review in progress.

  • 临死前，他把手中的木杖用力一扔。木杖落地的地方，一夜之间长出了一片桃林，绵延几百里。

    línsǐ qián tā bǎ shǒu zhōng de mùzhàng yònglì yì rēng mùzhàng luò dì de dìfang yíyèzhījiān zhǎng chū le yí piàn táolín miányán jǐbǎi lǐ

    Before he died he flung away his wooden staff with all his strength. Where it landed, a peach grove sprang up overnight, stretching for hundreds of li.

    From the story Kuafu chases the sun HSK 7–9 · Level 9

Stories using 绵延

Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).