shānyán

a boundary

An earthen  roadblock 

Components
土 meaning component

  Meaning component

  

earth

延 meaning component

  Meaning component

yán

  

delay

Evolution

埏 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
埏 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

shān

a boundary, a limit; to mix water with clay

 

yán

boundary