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The Chinese word yan - 殷 - yān
(dark red in Chinese)

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Phonetic script (Hanyu Pinyin)

yān

Listen to pronunciation
(Mandarin = standard Chinese without accent)

Note: This Chinese character can also be pronounced yīn. However, with a different pronunciation, the meaning of the character will change as well:
If 殷 is pronounced "yīn", it means ardent.

English translations

dark red,
blackish red

Chinese character and stroke order animation"How do I write 殷 ( yān ) correctly?"

The strokes that all Chinese characters are composed of are to be written in a certain order which has originally been defined by Chinese calligraphy. Writing all characters according to the same rules assures that their intended shape and style are generally preserved even if written by different writers.
This dictionary shows you the correct stroke order as an animation for all characters so you can learn and understand how to write the character correctly. :

Chinese characters ( yan / yān ) with pronunciation (English translation: dark red )
The traditional Chinese characters of yān are identical with the modern (simplified) characters displayed above.
Character complexity
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殷 is composed of 10 strokes and therefore is of average complexity compared to the other simplified Chinese characters (average: 13.1 strokes).
Other characters that are pronounced yān in Chinese
烟 (smoke)

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All words in this dictionary (more to come) were taken from the multimedia Chinese learning software Han Trainer Pro.
This Chinese-English dictionary is currently under development.

 
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