(yán) - research, grind, study (bound) in Mandarin
yánTraditional: 研
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Translation
research, grind, study (bound)
Word origin
A phono-semantic compound: the stone radical 石 signals grinding against stone, while 开 supplies the sound; the sense extended from to grind to to study or research closely.
- Origin
- phono-semantic
- Root
- 石 (stone radical) + 开 (phonetic)
Stroke order
研
Examples
。
I am doing research.
。
He studies history.
项。
This is a new R and D project.
课。
He is researching the subject.
。
The scholar has studied the classics for years.
研 (yán) is a bound morpheme meaning grind or research, anchoring 研究 (yánjiū, research) and 研发 (yánfā, R and D).
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Multi-character compounds in the corpus that contain 研.
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