谚

諺
yàn
#3,617 most
frequent character
proverb

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

谚 pairs 讠 speech with 彦 yàn, which has the same sound. It first meant stories or sayings passed down from old times. That grew to mean a proverb.

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Homophones

厌yàn
(bound form) to loathe
验yàn
to examine, to test, to check

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