Pronunciation: yán
Radical: stone
Number of strokes: 9 strokes
Stroke order: 一ノ丨フ一一一 ノ丨
Definition: 1. Verb? Grind, crush. ? Group words: "grind into ink", "grind into powder". "Dream of Red Mansions." Chapter 34: "Grind this medicinal wine at night and apply it on him."
2. Verb? Explore deeply. ? Group words: "research", "study homework". "Book of Jin." Volume sixty-nine. "The Biography of Dai Ruosi": "Thinking is enough to study the secrets, and talent is enough to distinguish things."
3. Noun? Talc. "anthology. Guo Pu． "Jiang Fu": "The seaweed glows with clumps of quilt, and the green moss is ground on the hair."
4. Noun? A tool for grinding ink. Same as "yan". "Book of the Later Han Dynasty." Volume 47. "Biography of Ban Chao": "If a man has no other ambitions, he should follow the example of Fu Jiezi and Zhang Qian and make meritorious service in foreign lands in order to win the title of marquis. How can he be able to write and study for a long time?" Song Dynasty. Lu You's poem "Village Residence": "From now on, I burn my pen and study it. I only have hands to hold the plow.
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