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ink stone

Composition


Components

Sounds

Pinyin

yan4 yàn

Meaning


Primary

ink stone

Alternatives

inkstone

Mnemonic


[y-] Yoshi is in the [4] bathroom of the [-an] pawn shop where he is trying to decorate the shoddy bathroom with some of his calligraphy skills. Next to him is a 見 walking eye that has a second-hand 硯 ink stone balanced on his head. Yoshi pours some ink into it from one of his spotted eggs, then uses the ink from the 硯 ink stone to paint Chinese characters on the pawn shop bathroom walls.

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