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衍

yǎn

yǎn · jin5 (Jyutping)

  1. to spread out
  2. to develop
  3. to overflow
  4. to amplify
  5. superfluous

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Character breakdown

衍

Meaning
overflow, spill over, spread out
Radical
行
Strokes
9
Components
⿻行氵
Cangjie
HOEMN
Four-corner
2110.3

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