檐 meaning and stroke order
The eaves of a house; edge, brim
How to write 檐, stroke by stroke
17 strokes in order. Each box adds the next stroke in red. Write top to bottom and left to right, and finish enclosing strokes last.
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Meaning of 檐
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, grouped by pronunciation.
- eaves
- ledge or brim
- variant of 檐[yan2]
How 檐 is built
Phono-semantic (sound + meaning) character. Wood.
木 gives the meaning and 詹 hints at the sound.
Radical: 木 (tree), shared by 388 characters on this site.
How to remember 檐
檐 (yán) pairs 木 (wood) with 詹 (zhān), which gives the sound. Picture the wooden beams of a roof sticking out past the wall to form the eaves.
檐 usually appears in words like 屋檐 (wūyán, eaves) and 帽檐 (màoyán, the brim of a hat), so it means any edge that sticks out over something. Example: 我们在屋檐下躲雨。(Wǒmen zài wūyán xià duǒ yǔ.) We sheltered from the rain under the eaves.
Common mistake: Learners often read 檐 as zhān because of its phonetic part 詹, but the character is pronounced yán with a second tone. Also be careful not to mix it up with 担 (dān), which looks a little similar on the right side but means to carry.
檐 in example sentences
Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.
Questions about 檐
How many strokes are in 檐?
檐 is written with 17 strokes. The diagrams on this page number every stroke in the order it is written, with the new stroke shown in red.
What does 檐 mean?
檐 (yán) means the eaves of a house; edge, brim.
How do you pronounce 檐?
檐 is pronounced yán, in the second tone (rising).
What is the radical of 檐?
The radical of 檐 is 木, which carries the idea of "tree". Dictionaries list 檐 under this radical.
What is the traditional form of 檐?
The traditional form of 檐 is 簷. Traditional characters are used in Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau; 檐 is the simplified form used in mainland China and Singapore.
How do you say the brim of a hat in Chinese?
Say 帽檐 (màoyán). The 檐 here means the edge that sticks out, just like roof eaves stick out from a house.
Is 檐 used on its own as a word?
It is rarely used alone in modern speech. Most of the time it appears in compounds such as 屋檐 (wūyán) or 房檐 (fángyán), both meaning the eaves of a house.