yán

延

to defer, to delay, to postpone; to extend, to prolong; surname

HSK 3.0 · 7–9

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延长 Yán cháng Yanchang county in Yan'an 安, Shaanxi HSK 4

延续 yán xù to continue; to go on HSK 4

延期 yán qī to delay; to extend HSK 4

延伸 yán shēn to extend; to spread HSK 5

蔓延 màn yán to extend; to spread HSK 7–9

拖延 tuō yán to delay; to put off HSK 7–9

延误 yán wu to delay; to be held up HSK 7–9

延缓 yán huǎn to defer; to postpone HSK 7–9

Ideographic: A foot on the road 㢟 stopped in its tracks 丿

Same radical 廴

jiàn 建

Same sound

yǎn 眼 yǎn 演 yān 烟 yán 严 yán 盐 yán 沿 yàn 咽 yān 淹

Also HSK 7–9

zhī 之 yǐ 以 ó 哦 jí 及 wèi 未 zhǔ 主 gǎn 感 zé 则