筵

Information about character(s)

Radical: 竹
Radical Strokes: 6
Additional Strokes: 7
Total Strokes: 12

Pronunciation

Pinyin: yán
Cantonese: jin4
JapaneseKun: MUSHIRO
JapaneseOn: EN
Korean: YEN

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: bamboo mat; feast, banquet

CE-Dict: bamboo mat for sitting

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.a feast; a banquet

朗道漢英字典 - Lang Dao: banquet; feast

懶蟲簡明漢英詞典: banquet; feast

說文解字 - Shuowen: 《竹部》筵竹席也。从竹延聲。《周禮》曰：“度堂以筵。”筵一丈。

康熙字典文字版 【未集上】【竹字部】筵
【廣韻】以然切【集韻】【韻會】【正韻】夷然切，𠀤音延。【說文】竹席也。【周禮·春官】司几筵下士二人。【註】筵亦席也。鋪陳曰筵，藉之曰席。筵鋪于下，席鋪于上，所以爲位也。【釋名】筵，衍也。舒而平之，衍衍然也。【詩·小雅】賔之初筵。【箋】筵，席也。【正字通】經筵，王者講讀之處。

CF-Dict: natte en bambou pour s'asseoir, d'où: repas, banquet

Han-De-Dict: (veraltet) Sitzmatte (u.E.)