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yàn

Meanings

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yàn
  1. 1.variant of 宴[yàn]
yàn
  1. 1.(bound form) to entertain at a banquet
  2. 2.(bound form) banquet; feast
  3. 3.(literary) peaceful; at ease

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Wiktionary

  1. 1.comfortable; peaceful; happy
  2. 2.banquet; feast
  3. 3.to host a banquet; to entertain

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Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *qeːnʔ, *qeːns): semantic 宀 + phonetic 妟 (yàn) – a woman in peaceful background (a roof and the sun). However, the appearance of the character, its meaning and his ancient pronunciation could link this character to 安.

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