衍 Stroke Order — How to Write 衍

Stroke Order

衍 is written in 9 strokes, following the standard Chinese stroke order. Start from the radical 行, then complete the remaining strokes.

Stroke order matters in Chinese: it keeps the character balanced, and it is how dictionaries and handwriting input methods expect a character to be written.

衍 Radical and Character Components

Components:行氵

衍 is an ideographic compound. Water 氵 going in all directions 行.

Radical: 行 + 3 more strokes

衍 Pronunciation and Pinyin

yǎn

Meanings of 衍 in Chinese

yǎn衍

To extend, develop, or derive; in compounds like '敷衍', it can also mean to act perfunctorily or superficially.

他对待工作总是敷衍了事。

He always deals with work perfunctorily.

Redundant or superfluous (referring to text), as in '衍文' (yǎnwén), which means extra words or passages in a text due to errors.

这本书中有些衍文，需要仔细校对。

There are some superfluous characters in this book that require careful proofreading.

Low and flat land, often implying fertility, as in 衍沃 (yǎnwò), which describes flat and fertile land.

这片衍沃的土地，滋养着世世代代的居民。

This fertile and flat land nurtures generations of residents.

Common Words and Phrases with 衍

yǎn衍biàn变

to develop or evolve through a process of change

在漫长的地质时期，地球上的生命形式经历了持续的衍变。

Over long geological periods, life forms on Earth have undergone continuous evolution.

yǎn衍shè射

Diffraction is the phenomenon where waves, such as light, spread out when they pass through an aperture or around an obstacle, resulting in an apparent bending of the waves and the formation of interference patterns.