邹衍 Chinese English dictionary 邹衍 translate 邹衍 pinyin

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邹衍

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Simplified Pīnyīn		English Definition	Traditional HSK
邹衍 Zōu Yǎn	邹衍 \| 邹衍* \| *邹衍	Zou Yan (305-240 BC), founder of the School of Yin-Yang of the Warring States Period (475-221 BC)	鄒衍

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Character		Tot Str Rad / Str	Mandarin Pīnyīn	Unihan Definition standalone and in compounds	Jyutping Cantonese	Variant Four corner Cangjie
邹	邹 \| 邹* \| *邹	7画邑阝 + 5	zōu	name of an ancient state; surname	zau1	鄒 2712 NSNL


衍	衍 \| 衍* \| *衍	9画行 + 3	yǎn, yán	overflow, spill over, spread out	jin2	2110.3 HOEMN

Word decomposition:

Simplified		English Definition
邹衍 Zōu Yǎn	邹衍 \| 邹衍* \| *邹衍	Zou Yan (305-240 BC), founder of the School of Yin-Yang of the Warring States Period (475-221 BC)


邹 Zōu	邹 \| 邹* \| *邹	surname Zou / vassal state during the Zhou Dynasty (1046–256 BC) in the southeast of Shandong


衍　yǎn	衍 \| 衍* \| *衍	to spread out / to develop / to overflow / to amplify / superfluous