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沿 = 氵 + 几 + 口

沿 is a Chinese hanzi, listed here under the keyword “follow a course”. It is built from 氵 (water), 几 (small table) and 口 (mouth).

Keyword
follow a course
Pinyin (Mandarin)
yán
Script
Chinese hanzi
Also known as
follow a course, go along, идите, следуйте курсу, go along
Same glyph as a Japanese kanji
沿 run alongside

Decomposition

ids

  1. 氵 water
  2. 几 small table
  3. 口 mouth

How to find 沿 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “water” + “small table” + “mouth”. 沿 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 沿 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.