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奄

yǎn/yān

suddenly; abruptly

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Ancient forms

2 forms
  1. BronzeWestern Zhou
  2. Small sealQin–Han

Glyphs: Wikimedia Commons, public domain.

Meaning

yǎn as in 奄列 yan3
  1. suddenly
  2. abruptly
  3. hastily
  4. to cover
  5. to surround
  6. surname Yan
yān yan1
  1. variant of 阉 yān
  2. to castrate
  3. variant of 淹 yān
  4. to delay

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