妍 (jin4 | yan2) : beautiful

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妍

jin4

yan2

beautiful; handsome; seductive

Stroke count: 9

Level: 3

Radical: 女 (#38)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

妍

This word has been viewed 4962 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on and last edited on 3rd Nov 2009 10:57

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爭妍鬥麗 zang1 jin4 dau3 lai6 zheng1 yan2 dou4 li4 = compete for beauty

妍麗 jin4 lai6 yan2 li4 = beautiful; gorgeous

妍媸 jin4 ci1 yan2 chi1 = beautiful and ugly

蔡卓妍 coi3 coek3 jin4 cai4 zhuo1 yan2 = Charlene Choi

關心妍 gwaan1 sam1 jin4 guan1 xin1 yan2 = Jade Kwan

賴雅妍 laai6 ngaa5 jin4 lai4 ya3 yan2 = Megan Lai

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Decimal representation of this word: 妍
Unicode code for this character: U+598d (off-site link)

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