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Mythic Mandarin

研 (yán): meaning and stroke order

研 (yán) means to grind, study, research.

研

Simplified
研
Traditional
研 (same form)
Pinyin
yán

Stroke order of 研

研

  • yán to grind; study
  • 9 strokes

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 研

  1. yán
    • to grind
    • study
    • research

Radical and structure

研
Radical 石 (Kangxi radical 112) · 9 strokes · 石 on the left, 开 on the right

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 研

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).