What a speech!
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演
yǎn
HSK 3.0 · 3
Yue Tan · University of Caen; © 2009 Yue Tan. MP3 preparation: Hugo Lopez / audio-cmn · CC BY-SA 3.0 US
yǎn · jin5 (Jyutping)
- to perform (a play etc); to stage (a show)
- (bound form) to develop; to play out; to carry out (a task)
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Character breakdown
演
- Meaning
- perform, put on; exercise
- Radical
- 氵
- Strokes
- 14
- Components
- ⿰氵寅
- Cangjie
- EJMC
- Four-corner
- 3318.6
Unihan 17.0.0 · Unicode License V3. Make Me a Hanzi · LGPL 3+. Interactive stroke order is available in the study tools.
Example sentences
He's a comedian.
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