晏

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late; quiet

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Formation & memory

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Ideographic compound (会意字)

A woman safe in a house 安 at sunset 日

Components 日安

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Word	Pinyin	Meaning
河清海晏	hé qīng hǎi yàn	see 海晏河清[hai3 yan4 he2 qing1]
海晏河清	hǎi yàn hé qīng	(lit.) the Yellow River is clear and the seas are calm (idiom); (fig.) the world is at pea…
晏子春秋	Yàn zǐ Chūn qiū	Tales of Yanzi, book describing the life and wisdom of Yanzi 晏子 (-c 500 BC), famous states…
海晏县	Hǎi yàn Xiàn	Haiyan, a county in Haibei Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture 海北藏族自治州[Hai3 bei3 Zang4 zu2 Zi4 z…
晏子	Yàn zǐ	Yanzi (-c 500 BC), famous statesman from Qi of the Warring States 齊國\|齐国[Qi2 guo2], also kn…
海晏	Hǎi yàn	see 海晏縣\|海晏县[Hai3 yan4 Xian4]
晏平仲	Yàn Píng zhòng	another name for Yan Ying 晏嬰\|晏婴[Yan4 Ying1] or Yanzi 晏子[Yan4 zi3] (-500 BC), famous states…
晏驾	yàn jià	to die (exclusively of the Emperor)
晏婴	Yàn Yīng	Yan Ying (-c 500 BC), famous statesman from Qi of the Warring States, also known as Yanzi …

These characters use 晏 as their sound component — compare how they read.

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
晏 sound part	yàn	peaceful, tranquil, quiet; clear; late in the day
鼹	yǎn	a kind of insectivorous rodent