檐 (yán): eaves
檐 (yán) is a Chinese character meaning “eaves.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 木 (semantic) and 詹 (phonetic). It ranks #3059 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 檐 wood. Its radical form 木 (tree) appears in many related characters such as 木 (mù, wood/tree), 林 (lín, forest, woods), 森 (sēn, forest (dense)).
Definitions
- eaves
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 屋檐noun | wū yán | eaves |
| 帽檐noun | mào yán | brim (of a hat) |
| 飞檐走壁phrase | fēi yán zǒu bì | to leap onto roofs and vault over walls (usually associated with martial arts) |
| 房檐noun | fáng yán | eaves |
| 密檐塔 | mì yán tǎ | multi-eaved pagoda |
| 封檐板 | fēng yán bǎn | barge board |
| 挑檐 | tiǎo yán | eaves |
| 檐廊noun | yán láng | veranda |
| 檐篷noun | yán péng | (HK) canopy |
檐 appears in 9 compound words: 22 as the first character, 44 as the last, and 33 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 檐 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (1)
Example Sentences
秋风起,檐叶变黄,铺满了林间小路。
qiū fēng qǐ , yán xié biàn huáng , pù mǎn le lín jiān xiǎo lù .
As the autumn wind blows, the leaves turn yellow and carpet the forest paths.
四川青城山景区山门的重檐屋脊上,八仙过海彩塑惟妙惟肖,开启这场电影之旅。
sì chuān qīng chéng shān jǐng qū shān mén de chóng yán wū jǐ shàng , bā xiān guò hǎi cǎi sù wéi miào wéi xiào , kāi qǐ zhè chǎng diàn yǐng zhī lǚ .
On the double-eaved ridge of the main gate at the Mount Qingcheng Scenic Area in Sichuan, the vividly lifelike colored sculptures depicting the "Eight Immortals Crossing the Sea" kick off this cinematic journey.
殿前檐下竖匾“弥陀殿”极为珍贵,为金大定二十四年的原物,距今已有九百多年的历史。
diàn qián yán xià shù 匾 mí 陀 diàn jí wéi zhēn guì , wéi jīn dà dìng èr shí sì nián de yuán wù , jù jīn yǐ yǒu jiǔ bǎi duō nián de lì shǐ .
The plaque reading “Amitabha Hall,” hanging beneath the eaves in front of the hall, is extremely valuable; it is the original artifact from the 24th year of the Dading era of the Jin Dynasty and dates back more than 900 years.
唯一一点是每次折叠展开后需要手动调整下帽檐,不然会稍微有点歪。
wéi yī yī diǎn shì měi cì zhé dié zhǎn kāi hòu xū yāo shǒu dòng diào zhěng xià mào yán , bù rán huì shāo wēi yǒu diǎn wāi .
The only thing is that you need to manually adjust the brim each time you fold and unfold it; otherwise, it will be slightly crooked.
现在的龙珠阁是于1990年重建的一幢仿明重檐宫廷建筑,现为景德镇官窑博物馆。
xiàn zài de lóng zhū gé shì yú 1 9 9 0 nián chóng jiàn de yī chuáng fǎng míng chóng yán gōng tíng jiàn zhù , xiàn wéi jǐng dé zhèn guān yáo bó wù guǎn .
The current Dragon Pearl Pavilion is a Ming-style imperial building with double eaves that was rebuilt in 1990; it now serves as the Jingdezhen Imperial Kiln Museum.
Character Family
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