Spot 彦
Find the repeated shape and notice where it sits before trying to memorize the whole character.
yàn · elegant
A recurring visual building block found inside multiple Chinese characters. Compare what stays the same and what changes across the family.
Use the component as a clue, then verify the complete character.
Find the repeated shape and notice where it sits before trying to memorize the whole character.
Use the stable shape to recognize the family, without assuming it always supplies meaning or sound.
Read the remaining component, then confirm the full pinyin, meaning, and stroke order on the character page.
Use the shared shape as a recognition anchor, then confirm the full character's pronunciation and meaning.
The component page is a learning family; the radical page is a dictionary index. A shape can serve both roles.
These cards only show complete visual decompositions from the current dataset that contain 彦.
These words contain characters from the 彦 family. Open one to see its complete breakdown.
color
HSK 3.0 · L2五颜六色wǔyán-liùsèmulticolored
HSK 3.0 · L5容颜róngyánmien
HSK 3.0 · L7-9俚谚lǐ yàncommon saying
俗谚sú yàncommon saying
俗谚口碑sú yàn kǒu bēicommon sayings
养颜yǎng yánto nourish one's skin
农谚nóng yànfarmers' saying
古谚gǔ yànancient proverb
奴颜婢膝nú yán bì xīservile and bending the knee
开颜kāi yánto smile
怡颜悦色yí yán yuè sèhappy countenance