Unicode: U+5CA9

Pinyin: yán

Definition

* 高峻的山崖。 ~壁。~壑。 * 构成地壳的石头。 ~石。~洞。~浆。~层。熔~。 * 险要,险峻。 ~险。~邑。 * 山洞。 中空成~。~居穴处

cliff; rocks; mountain

Structure

岩 graph

Related substructures

Precursors

Small Seal Script
Standardized 221–206 BCE (Qin); developed earlier in Qin
The standardized seal script promulgated after Qin’s unification, based on earlier Qin seal forms and used as an empire-wide norm.Wikipedia ->
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Transmitted Pre-Qin Forms
Pre-Qin forms (≤221 BCE) / late 2nd century BCE onward (Han → later textual transmission)
Pre-Qin character forms preserved through later textual transmission (often discussed as the 'Old Text' / guwen tradition). Shaped by repeated copying, they can diverge from excavated Warring States materials.Wikipedia ->
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Last Modified: 2026-01-29 11:48 UTC