Memory phrase for the Kanji: 衍

衍

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Meaning to overflow, to amplify, to spread out, to develop

Pronunciation

yǎn

Explanation

Outside: to walk 行, middle: water 氵

Mnemonic
 
The water "goes" when it is overflowing.

Radicals

行 walk
氵 Water
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 Vocabulary

 敷衍  fū yǎn  to elaborate (on a theme); to expound (the classics); perfunctory; to skimp; to botch; to do sth half-heartedly or just for show; barely enough to get by
 衍射  yǎn shè  diffraction
 衍生物  yǎn shēng wù  a derivative (complex product derived from simpler source material)
 衍生物  yǎn shēng wù  
 蕃衍  fán yǎn  to multiply; to reproduce; to increase gradually in number or quantity
 蕃衍  fán yǎn  

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