yǎn = y + an3
majestic / dignified
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How to pronounce 儼

MandarinBanana teaches pronunciation with the Marilyn Method: every Pinyin syllable is one initial plus one final, the initial becomes a person, an animal or a deity, and the final becomes a place in your memory palace — with the tone deciding which part of that place the scene happens in. Remember the little story below for each half and the whole syllable comes back with them.

= y initial

Y is for Maud Younger.

By Matthias • updated 2 months ago
+ an3 final

In the anthill’s living room.

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儼 character breakdown

Chinese characters are built out of smaller characters. Each component carries a mnemonic symbol - one concrete object that stands in for it - and a mnemonic story hands those objects to the person and the place that stand for the pronunciation. Learn a component once and every character that reuses it gets easier.

Component Translations
rén = r + (e)n2
"person" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 9)
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yán = y + an2
surname Yan
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yán = y + an2
tight (closely sealed) / stern / strict / rigorous / severe / father
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Characters with 儼 as component

儼 is not used as a component in another character.
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Words with 儼

just like / solemn / dignified / neatly laid out
(literary) to be exactly like / to be exactly as if
as bright as daylight (idiom)

Sentences with 儼

儼 currently does not appear in any sentence.

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yǎn

majestic / dignified

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