演
to perform (a play etc); to stage (a show); (bound form) to develop; to play out; to carry out (a task)
14 strokes
Dict coverage rank #755 U+6F14
How 演 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
氵 (semantic, “water”) + 寅 (phonetic, yín)
How to remember it
perform · Heisig RSH #1466
水 water + 寅 sign of the tiger
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 寅
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 寅 (yín) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 寅 sound component | yín | to respect, to revere; respectfully; 3rd terrestrial branch |
| 夤 | yín | late at night; distant, remote; deep |
Words containing 演
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 天体演化学 | tiān tǐ yǎn huà xué | cosmogony |
| 三国演义 | Sān guó Yǎn yì | Romance of the Three Kingdoms by Luo Guanzhong 羅貫中|罗贯中[Luo2 Guan4 zhong1], one of the Four… |
| 演出地点 | yǎn chū dì diǎn | performance place; CL:處|处[chu4] |
| 本色出演 | běn sè chū yǎn | (of an actor) to play a role that matches one's own character or personality |
| 演出者 | yǎn chū zhě | performer |
| 自导自演 | zì dǎo zì yǎn | to direct a movie in which one also plays a major role as an actor; (fig.) to plan and exe… |
| 联合军演 | lián hé jūn yǎn | joint military exercise |
| 电影演员 | diàn yǐng yǎn yuán | film actor; movie actor; movie actress |
| 民国通俗演义 | Mín guó tōng sú yǎn yì | Dramatized history of Republican China until 1927 by Cai Dongfan 蔡東藩|蔡东藩, and later chapte… |
| 时装表演 | shí zhuāng biǎo yǎn | fashion show |
| 天演论 | tiān yǎn lùn | the theory of evolution (early translation, since replaced by 進化論|进化论) |
| 临时演员 | lín shí yǎn yuán | an extra (in a movie) |
| 演说者 | yǎn shuō zhě | orator; speaker |
| 天演 | tiān yǎn | natural change; evolution (early translation, since replaced by 進化|进化) |
| 演化 | yǎn huà | to evolve; evolution |
| 上演 | shàng yǎn | to screen (a movie); to stage (a play); a screening; a staging |
| 公演 | gōng yǎn | to perform in public; to give a performance |
| 出演 | chū yǎn | to perform (in a play, film, concert etc); to play the part of; to portray |
| 演出 | yǎn chū | to act (in a play); to perform; to put on (a performance); performance; concert; show; CL:… |
| 主演 | zhǔ yǎn | to play the leading role; to star; lead actor |