Pinyin: yan Traditional Chinese: Yan Name Learning Strokes: 12 Five Elements: Earth Good and Unlucky: Ji
Chinese Character Philosophy:
Chinese Character Interpretation ：
Inkstone lt; name gt;
(Phonetic. From stone, see the sound. Original meaning: inkstone, ink grinder)
Smooth stone [glossy stone]
Inkstone means slippery stone. -- "Shuowen". Duan Yucai's note: It means that the stone is slippery in nature.
Inkstone, grinding. Grinding ink brings peace and moistening. -- "Release of Names"
Inkstone [inkstone] is a stone-carved writing utensil, used for grinding and adjusting ink.
An inkstone. --"The Biography of Old Man Taro" by Zhou Rong of the Qing Dynasty
The inkstone is firm. -- "Preface to Sending Ma Sheng to Dongyang" by Song Lian of the Ming Dynasty
Another example: inkstone tile (inkstone); pen inkstone
Inkstone lt; moving gt;
Make the inkstone [make the inkstone]. Such as: Inkstone (beautiful stone that can be used as an inkstone); inkstone material (a stone that can be used as an inkstone)
Pinyin: nan Traditional Chinese: 枏, nan Name learning strokes: 13 Five elements: wood Good and bad luck: good
Chinese character philosophy:
Chinese character explanation:
Nan
( Shape sound. From wood, Nan sound. Original meaning: nanmu (Phoebe Zhennan). The wood is fine-grained, hard and fragrant. It is a valuable wood for construction and utensils.
Shi Zhen said: The wood of the south is named Congnan -- "Compendium of Materia Medica"
Wen Zichenan -- "Mozi Gongshu"
Nanzi came out of the south of the Yangtze River -- "Historical Records·Biographies of Huo Shi"