延
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to prolong; to extend; to delay
6 strokes
Dict coverage rank #1,022 U+5EF6
How 延 is formed
Ideographic compound (会意字)
A foot on the road 㢟 stopped in its tracks 丿
components: 丿 㢟
How to remember it
prolong · Heisig RSH #396
stretch + a drop of + trail of footprints
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Characters built with 延 as their sound component
These characters all use 延 (yán) as their phonetic component — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 延 sound component | yán | to defer, to delay, to postpone; to extend, to prolong; surname |
| 蛋 | dàn | egg |
| 诞 | dàn | to give birth, to bear children; birth, birthday |
| 筵 | yán | bamboo mat; banquet, feast |
| 涎 | xián | saliva |
| 蜒 | yán | millipede |
Words containing 延
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 延边大学 | Yán biān Dà xué | Yanbian University (Jilin province) |
| 斯瓦尔巴和扬马延 | Sī wǎ ěr bā hé Yáng mǎ yán | Svalbard and Jan Mayen |
| 延安市 | Yán ān Shì | Yan'an, prefecture-level city in Shaanxi Province 陝西省|陕西省[Shan3 xi1 Sheng3] |
| 延长县 | Yán cháng Xiàn | Yanchang, a county in Yan'an City 延安市[Yan2 an1 Shi4], Shaanxi |
| 延平区 | Yán píng Qū | Yanping, a district of Nanping City 南平市[Nan2 ping2 Shi4], Fujian |
| 巴布延群岛 | Bā bù yán Qún dǎo | Babuyan Archipelago in Luzon Strait north of the Philippines |
| 延边朝鲜族自治州 | Yán biān Cháo xiǎn zú Zì zhì zhōu | Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture, in Jilin Province 吉林省[Ji2 lin2 Sheng3] |
| 延长线 | yán cháng xiàn | extension cord; extended line; powerstrip |
| 延音线 | yán yīn xiàn | tie (music) |
| 不周延 | bù zhōu yán | undistributed |
| 延吉市 | Yán jí Shì | Yanji, a county-level city in Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture 延邊朝鮮族自治州|延边朝鲜族自治州[Yan2 … |
| 延边州 | Yán biān Zhōu | see 延邊朝鮮族自治州|延边朝鲜族自治州[Yan2 bian1 Chao2 xian3 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 zhou1] |
| 延川县 | Yán chuān Xiàn | Yanchuan, a county in Yan'an City 延安市[Yan2 an1 Shi4], Shaanxi |
| 延性 | yán xìng | ductility |
| 延安 | Yán ān | see 延安市[Yan2 an1 Shi4] |
| 延会 | yán huì | to postpone a meeting |
| 延发 | yán fā | (military) delayed action (explosion etc occurring after a predetermined delay) |
| 延长 | Yán cháng | see 延長縣|延长县[Yan2 chang2 Xian4] |
| 延长 | yán cháng | to prolong; to extend; to delay |
| 延平 | Yán píng | see 延平區|延平区[Yan2 ping2 Qu1] |