衍

Information about character(s)

Radical: 行
Radical Strokes: 6
Additional Strokes: 3
Total Strokes: 9

Pronunciation

Pinyin: yǎn, yán
Cantonese: hin2 jin2 jin5
JapaneseKun: HABIKORU SHIKU AMARI
JapaneseOn: EN
Korean: YEN

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: overflow, spill over, spread out

CE-Dict: to spread out/to develop/to overflow/to amplify

Soothill: Overflow, inundate; abundant; ample; superfluous; fertile; used in 摩訶衍 Mahāyāna.

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.to develop; to evolve

朗道漢英字典 - Lang Dao: develop; redundant; spread out

懶蟲簡明漢英詞典: develop; redundant; spread out

說文解字 - Shuowen: 《水部》衍水朝宗于海也。从水从行。

康熙字典文字版 【申集下】【行字部】衍
【唐韻】【集韻】【韻會】𠀤以淺切，音演。水溢也。【說文】水朝宗于海也。　又【小爾雅】澤之廣者謂之衍。　又美也。【詩·小雅】釃酒有衍。　又布也。【前漢·司馬相如傳】離靡廣衍。　又游衍。自恣之意。【詩·大雅】昊天曰旦，及爾游衍。　又衍沃，平美之地。【左傳·襄二十五年】井衍沃。　又曼衍，無極也。【莊子·齊物論】和之以天倪，因之以曼衍。　又沙衍，水中有沙者。【穆天子傳】天子乃遂東征，南絕沙衍。　又篋衍，笥也。【莊子·天運篇】芻狗之未陳也，盛以篋衍，巾以文繡。　又【博雅】衍衍，行也。【謝朓詩】衍衍淸風爛。　又水名。【史記·荆軻傳】丹匿衍水中。【索隱曰】在遼東。　又朐衍，地名。【前漢·地理志】屬北地郡。　又姓。【通志·氏族略】衍，子姓，宋微仲衍之後。　又【廣韻】于線切，延去聲。義同。　又【集韻】夷然切，音延。進也。【周禮·春官】望祀望衍。【鄭註】讀爲延。【疏】衍，衍祭也。【劉歆·甘泉賦】高巒峻阻，臨眺曠衍。叶泉字韻。　【直音】或作衍。衍字从彡，不从氵作。
考證：〔【周禮·春官】望祀望衍。【鄭註】讀平聲。〕　謹照原文讀平聲改讀爲延。

Buddhism words and phrases vehicle

CF-Dict: développer/étendre/superflu

Han-De-Dict: auseinander spreizen (u.E.)/überfließen, überfluten (u.E.)/entwickeln, entfalten (u.E.)/erweitern, verstärken (u.E.)