03006 Chinese character of 檐 and pronounce jim4

The Chinese character【檐】is used to describe buildings or structures, and is mainly used for the following meanings:

The edge or eaves of a house.

Below, you can see how this Chinese character is pronounced.

Mandarin Pinyin of 【檐】:yán

Cantonese Jyutping of 【檐】:jim4

This introduces some basic knowledge regarding the Chinese character 【檐】︰

Here are some situations where you can use【檐】, for example:Describe a building or structure , It means mainly the edge or eaves of a house. .The elaborate meanings of Chinese characters allow for specialized applications that might not be fully expressed here.

【檐】serves as a standalone word but gains depth when partnered with others to form detailed expressions, like【屋檐、檐滴】(Mandarin Pinyin:wū yán 、yán dī/ Cantonese Jyutping:nguk1 gim2 、gim2 dik6)

The total stroke number of this character is 17 ,It is a Chinese character that must be learned by those aiming to reach a near-native level of proficiency in Chinese,Here’s a sample sentence featuring this character.:


雨水從屋檐上滴落下來。

Rain dripped from the eaves.


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