阉 Stroke Order

阉 閹 yān [名] 1. 割去男人的或雄性动物的生殖器。 - To castrate men or male animals. - 例: ～鸡。～割。 - Example: Castrated chickens. To castrate. 2. 太监，封建时代的宦官。 - Eunuchs, the palace officials in the feudal era. - 例: ～人。～党。～竖。～寺（指宦官）。～宦。 - Example: Eunuchs. Eunuch factions. A derogatory term for eunuchs. [本义]: 被阉割的人。古代常用来看守宫门 - Primary meaning: A person who has been castrated; commonly used in ancient times to refer to those guarding the palace gates. 【造字法】: 会意。从门，从奄，奄亦声。 - Character formation: Ideogram combined from the characters for 'door' and '奄', where '奄' also serves as a phonetic component. 1. 特指宦官。 - Specifically refers to eunuchs. 引: 1. 方苞《左忠毅公逸事》: 逆阉防伺甚严，虽家仆不得近。 - Feng Bao's A Miscellany of Lord Zhongyi: The eunuchs were extremely vigilant, not even letting household servants come close. 例: - 例: - 阉君 (head eunuch). - 阉奴 (referring to eunuchs). - 阉竖 (a derogatory term for eunuchs, meaning a servant). - 阉党 (a faction allied with eunuchs). - 阉官 (a derogatory term for officials who are eunuchs). - 阉儿 (a derogatory term for eunuchs). - 阉寺 (term for eunuchs). - 阉使 (eunuchs sent on official missions). - 阉狗 (an insult aimed at eunuchs). - 阉尹 (the head eunuch). [动] 1. 阉割 ([En.] castrate) - To castrate. 引: 1. 《后汉书》: 宦官悉用阉人。 - In the Book of the Later Han: The eunuchs all employed castrated men. 例: - 例: - 阉侍 (castrated servant; also known as a eunuch slave). - 阉洁 (to castrate animals by removing testicles or ovaries).