延 (yán): meaning and stroke order
延 (yán) means to prolong, to extend, to delay, surname Yan.
延
- Simplified
- 延
- Traditional
- 延 (same form)
- Pinyin
- yán
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Stroke order of 延
延
- Yán surname Yan
- yán to prolong; to extend
- 6 strokes
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Meaning of 延
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yán
- to prolong
- to extend
- to delay
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Yán
- surname Yan
Radical and structure
- 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.
Words with 延
- 延长 Yán cháng Yanchang county in Yan'an 延安[Yan2 an1], Shaanxi
- 绵延 mián yán (esp. of a mountain range) to be continuous; to stretch long and unbroken
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).