yǎn

to perform; to act; to play

HSK 4 #715

Character data

HSK 4
Frequency 715th character
Radical ⽔ (85.11)
Strokes 14
Index # 3167

Definitions

演 yǎn
  1. 1. to perform
  2. 2. to act
  3. 3. to play
  4. 4. to develop
  5. 5. to evolve
  6. 6. to practice

Stroke order

演 stroke order diagram
演 stroke order animation

Words containing 演

Word Meaning
keynote speech
to star; to act the leading role (in a movie or a play)
keynote speech
keynote speech
joint performance
inversion (geometry)
ventriloquist
commercial performance
natural change
early term for evolution theory in China
early term for evolution theory
cosmogony
cosmogony
Investiture of the Gods, major Ming dynasty vernacular novel of mythology and fantasy, very loosely based on King Wu of Zhou's zhōu wǔ wáng overthrow of the Shang, subsequent material for opera, film, TV series, computer games etc
classic novel Investiture of the Gods
director (film etc); to direct
inaugural speech
inaugural speech
inaugural lecture
inaugural lecture
(theater etc) to tour; to be on tour
to act (in a play etc); (dialect) to perform
exercise; drill; to demonstrate
to elaborate (on a theme); variant of fū yǎn
theatrical performance