I have to stop procrastinating.
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延
yán
HSK 3.0 · 7–9
yán · jin4 (Jyutping)
- to prolong
- to extend
- to delay
- surname Yan
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Character breakdown
延
- Meaning
- delay, postpone, defer
- Radical
- 廴
- Strokes
- 6
- Components
- ⿱丿㢟
- Cangjie
- NKHYM
- Four-corner
- 1240.1
Unihan 17.0.0 · Unicode License V3. Make Me a Hanzi · LGPL 3+. Interactive stroke order is available in the study tools.
Example sentences
The party was put off for a week.
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