surname Yan
to lie supine / to stop / to fall down

偃 character breakdown

"person" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 9)

= 丿 + : Mnemonic symbol: Rosa Luxemburg. She's quite radical, and her name starts with "r", just like "ren2". Also, 亻appears at the left-hand side of characters, and Rosa is a leftist as well.

Robinson Crusoe (r) and Rosa Luxemburg (亻) are having their favorite snacks in the encampment's kitchen: Rosa is eating a banana (丿) and Robinson is eating a dinosaur bone (丨).
to hide, to secrete, to repress / to bend

Characters with 偃 as component

偃 is not used as a component in another character.

Words with 偃

lit. lay down the flag and still the drums (idiom); fig. to cease / to give in
Yanshi, county-level city in Luoyang 洛陽|洛阳, Henan
Yanshi, county-level city in Luoyang 洛陽|洛阳[Luo4 yang2], Henan

Sentences with 偃

偃 currently does not appear in any sentence.