砚
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ink-stone
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 石 +4
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 硯
- Common rank
- #1,987
- Unicode
- U+781A
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Formation & memory
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Words with 砚
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| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 砚山县 | Yanshan, a county in Wenshan Zhuang and Miao Autonomous Prefecture 文山壯族苗族自治州|文山壮族苗族自治州[Wen… | |
| 砚水壶儿 | water container for an ink slab | |
| 砚山 | see 硯山縣|砚山县[Yan4 shan1 Xian4] | |
| 程砚秋 | Cheng Yanqiu (1904-1958), famous Beijing opera star, second only to 梅蘭芳|梅兰芳[Mei2 Lan2 fang… | |
| 磨穿铁砚 | to grind one's way through an ink stone; to persevere in a difficult task (idiom); to stud… | |
| 砚石 | ink stone; ink slab | |
| 砚台 | ink stone; ink slab; CL:方[fang1] | |
| 同砚 | classmate; fellow student | |
| 古砚 | antique ink slab; CL:台[tai2] | |
| 广砚 | Guangnan and Yanshan (in Yunnan) | |
| 瓦砚 | ink stone or ink slab made from an antique palace tile | |
| 砚瓦 | ink slab | |
| 砚田 | ink stone; writing as a livelihood | |
| 笔砚 | writing brush and ink stone | |
| 砚室 | case for an ink slab | |
| 砚友 | classmate; fellow student | |
| 端砚 | high-quality ink stonemade in Duanxi and Guangdong | |
| 砚池 | (concave) ink stone or ink slab | |
| 墨砚 | ink slab; ink stone | |
| 砚席 | ink slab and sitting mat; place where one studies and teaches |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 见 — compare how they read.