繁 fán
- Strokes
- 17
- Radical
- 糸 — silk
- Made of
- 敏 fast, quick 糸 silk
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
繁衍
fányǎn
to reproduce; to propagate
Characters in this word
衍 yǎn
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 行 — to go, to walk, to move
- Made of
- 行 to go, to walk, to move 氵 water
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 如果河流长期被污染，许多鱼类将难以正常繁衍。 Rúguǒ héliú chángqī bèi wūrǎn, xǔduō yúlèi jiāng nányǐ zhèngcháng fányǎn. If the river remains polluted for a long time, many fish species will struggle to reproduce normally.
- 春天是许多小动物繁衍后代的季节。 Chūntiān shì xǔduō xiǎo dòngwù fányǎn hòudài de jìjié. Spring is the season when many small animals raise their young.
- 这片森林很安静，小鸟们可以安心繁衍。 Zhè piàn sēnlín hěn ānjìng, xiǎoniǎomen kěyǐ ānxīn fányǎn. This forest is quiet, so the little birds can breed in peace.
Related words
- 繁荣 fánróng prosperous; thriving
- 频繁 pínfán frequent
- 繁忙 fánmáng busy
- 繁殖 fánzhí to breed, to reproduce
- 繁多 fánduō numerous and varied
- 繁华 fánhuá prosperous; bustling
- 繁体字 fántǐzì traditional Chinese characters
- 繁杂 fánzá numerous and complicated
- 繁重 fánzhòng heavy; burdensome
- 敷衍 fūyǎn to be perfunctory; to fob off
- 衍生 yǎnshēng to derive; to develop from
- 濒危 bīnwēi endangered; at risk of extinction