Keyword
where
- why? where? how?
- strange
- thereupon
- then
- Frequency
- #3129
- Strokes
- 11
Readings
yān
Mnemonic
A bird 鳥 with a strange head
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in characters
Used in vocabulary
焉
where; how
心不在焉
absent-minded; preoccupied; inattentive; with one's thoughts wandering
语焉不详
to mention sth without elaborating (idiom); not giving details
焉知
(literary) how is one to know?
焉耆回族自治县
Yanqi Hui Autonomous County, in Bayingolin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture 巴音郭楞蒙古自治州 (BāyīnguōléngMěnggǔZìzhìzhōu), Xinjiang
于焉
(classical) see 于是 (yúshì)
杀鸡焉用牛刀
(lit.) why use an ox-cleaver to kill a chicken?; (fig.) there's no need to use great ability or resources for a trivial task
功莫大焉
no greater contribution has been made than this (idiom)