Unicode: U+63A9

Pinyin: yǎn

Definition

* 遮蔽,遮盖。 ~护。~体。~饰。~映。~盖。~蔽。~埋。~人耳目。瑕不~瑜。藏瑕~疵。 * 关,合。 ~闭。~门。~卷。 * 门、窗、箱柜等关合时夹住了东西。 ~了手。 * 乘人不备而袭击或捉拿。 ~杀。~击。~袭

to cover (with the hand); shut, conceal; ambush

Structure

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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