Unicode: U+5DD6

Pinyin: yán

Definition

* 崖岸;山或高地的边。 * 山峰。 * 石窟;洞穴。 * 岩石,构成地壳的石头。 * 高峻;险要。 * 峻廊(古建筑学名词)。 * 〔巖巖〕①积石貌。②高大;高耸。 * 古地名"傅巖"的简称。在今山西省平陆县东。相传商王武丁的大臣傅说为奴隶时曾在此从事版筑,后世常用来指贤者隐遁之处

cliff, precipice; cave, grotto

Structure

巖 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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Clerical Script
c. 300 BCE–220 CE (emerged late Warring States/Qin; dominant Han)
A practical script that evolved from late Warring States/Qin writing; it matured and became dominant in the Han dynasty, favoring faster, more rectilinear strokes.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