懂中文 Dong Chinese

屵

yǎn

tall mountain

山 represents a mountain and 厂 represents a cliff. Both used here to convey the landscape-related meaning. Variant of 岸.

Components
山 meaning component

山  Meaning component

shān

  

mountain

厂 meaning component

厂  Meaning component

hǎn, chǎng

  

cliff, (roof)

Evolution

屵 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
屵 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

屵  

yǎn

tall mountain

Sources

季旭昇《說文新證》p.722

何琳儀《戰國古文字典：戰國文字聲系》p.978