研

yán

HSK 43 readings

“To grind” in Chinese is 研 (yán).

Other characters with the syllable yan: see all 24 →

Meaning

to grind
study
research

Example

你最近在研究什么？

What are you researching lately?

From 研究 · Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).

Readings

yánto grind / study / research
yànvariant of 砚 (inkstone) (archaic)

Stroke Order

9 strokes

Words containing 研

研究yánjiūresearchHSK 4 研制yánzhìto research and manufacture; to research and to developHSK 4 研究生yánjiūshēnggraduate studentHSK 4 研究所yánjiūsuǒresearch instituteHSK 5 调研diàoyánto investigate and researchHSK 6 科研kēyán(scientific) researchHSK 6 研发yánfāresearch and developmentHSK 6 研讨yántǎodiscussionHSK 7-9

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