Memory phrase for the character: 延

延

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Meaning

to spread, extend, to prolong, to delay, defer

Pronunciation

yán

Explanation

 Left: movement 廴, right: correct 正 (To stop 止 at the line 一 is correct)

Mnemonic
 
Movement is correct (= is needed) to spread.

Radicals

廴 long strideIn most cases this radical 辶 is used for movement.
延 to spread
正 correctRadical 103 疋 stands for clothing or bales of cloth. In the Hanzi-Trainer, it is used synonymously with the correct 正, because it seems helpful for the explanations and the interpretation clothing/cloth bale would be in conflict with other radicals.




 Vocabulary

延长 yán cháng  to prolong, to extend, to delay
 
延迟 yán chí  to delay; to postpone; to keep putting sth off; to procrastinate
苟延残喘 gǒu yán cán chuǎn  to struggle on whilst at death's door (idiom)
挨延 ái yán  to delay; to stretch out; to play for time
蔓延 màn yán  to extend; to spread
迅速蔓延 xùn sù màn yán  rapid spread; to spread rapidly
 

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