闫 (yán): surname Yan
闫 (yán) is a Chinese character meaning “surname yan.” Outside the HSK 3.0 syllabus (CLEC 2022), it is composed of 门 (semantic) and 三 (phonetic). It ranks #9999 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 闫 gate. Its radical form 门 (gate) appears in many related characters such as 门 (mén, door, gate), 间 (jiān, room, between), 闪 (shǎn, to flash, to dodge).
Definitions
- surname Yan
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
闫 appears in 0 compound words: 0 as the first character, 0 as the last, and 0 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Example Sentences
闫妮、叶童、倪虹洁三位演员同台飙戏，有笑有泪，温暖治愈。
yán nī , yè tóng , ní hóng jié sān wèi yǎn yuán tóng tái biāo xì , yǒu xiào yǒu lèi , wēn nuǎn zhì yù .
Actresses Yan Ni, Ye Tong, and Ni Hongjie share the stage in a powerful performance that alternates between laughter and tears, offering a warm and healing experience.
启动仪式上，34岁的闫越作为全体学员代表发言。
qǐ dòng yí shì shàng , 3 4 suì de yán yuè zuò wéi quán tǐ xué yuán dài biǎo fā yán .
At the opening ceremony, 34-year-old Yan Yue delivered a speech on behalf of all the trainees.
前两轮演出贡献出精彩表演的特邀演员闫楠，在本轮排演中直呼“走到一条极具挑战的路上”。
qián liǎng lún yǎn chū gòng xiàn chū jīng cǎi biǎo yǎn de tè yāo yǎn yuán yán nán , zài běn lún pái yǎn zhōng zhí hū zǒu dào yī tiáo jí jù tiāo zhàn de lù shàng .
Yan Nan, a guest performer who delivered outstanding performances in the first two rounds, remarked during this round of rehearsals that she had “embarked on an extremely challenging journey.”
闫俊杰认为这两者并非不可兼得。
yán jùn jié rèn wéi zhè liǎng zhě bìng fēi bù kě jiān dé .
Yan Junjie believes that it is possible to have both.
Character Family
门 Radical Family — Characters sharing the gate radical
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