Learn to Write Chinese Characters with Video Tutorials
Watch the video of writing the Chinese character "埏", learn the correct stroke order (笔顺) of the character "埏", and master the standard way of writing the character "埏".
Free Printable Handwriting Practice with Stroke Order: 埏
Printable Writing Practice Worksheet of "埏" in Portrait Orientation (Tian Zi Ge)
埏 [yán]
1. The edge of the land.
2. Tomb passage: *tomb pathway*, *tomb tunnel*, *entrance to a tomb*.
埏 (noun)
- Tomb passage (English: path leading to a tomb; tomb passage). For example: 埏门 (tomb gate); 埏道 (tomb path, the route leading into a tomb, not covered with soil).
1. To mix mud with water.
2. To use water to mix soil: *to shape clay for pottery*, extended to mean *cultivate or refine*.
3. To knead: to repeatedly pound and tread on clay for pottery, extended to mean *repeatedly revise or refine poetry or prose*.
4. To cultivate.
As a verb:
- To mix mud with water. See the entry for "埏埴”.
As a noun:
- A clay mold for making tiles. In "Guānzi" • *Methods of Governance*: "In the past, during Yao's rule over the world, it was as the clay is before shaping."