Memory phrase for the character: 焉

焉

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Meaning

where, how

Pronunciation

yān

Explanation

 Top: correct 正, bottom: variation of bird 鳥 (without head)

Mnemonic
 
Is it correct, that this bird has no head: How? Where?

Radicals

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.
鳥 birdAlso this 隹 is seen as a bird.




 Vocabulary

心不在焉 xīn bù zài yān  absent-minded; preoccupied; inattentive; with one's thoughts wandering
过而能改，善莫大焉 guò ér néng gǎi , shàn mò dà yān  If one can change after making a mistake, there is nothing better (idiom)
语焉不详 yǔ yān bù xiáng  to mention sth without elaborating (idiom); not giving details
语焉不详 yǔ yān bù xiáng  
焉耆盆地 Yān qí pén dì  Yanqi basin in northeast of Tarim basin
焉耆盆地 Yān qí pén dì  

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