yǎn

cease

Components
亻 meaning component

  Meaning component

rén

  

person

person

匽 sound component

  Sound component

yǎn

  

to hide

Evolution

偃 Bronze script Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)

Bronze script

Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
偃 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
偃 Clerical script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
偃 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

yǎn

cease, lay off, lay down; to lie supine; to stop; to fall down

 

Yǎn

surname Yan

Most common words with 偃
Freq.
Word
Meaning

to stop

偃旗息鼓

to give in

偃师

Yanshi county level city in Luoyang 洛陽|洛阳, Henan

偃师市

Yanshi county level city in Luoyang 洛陽|洛阳, Henan