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12		ㄧㄢˋ [yan4] .Homophone
A Chinese Talking Syllabary of the Cantonese Dialect
NInk slab, ink stone, the grinding of which seems to occupy writer's labors, hence 硯耕，硯田 [yan4geng1], [yan4tian2]↓;
as symbol of study at school: 同硯 classmate “having shared the same ink slab”;
硯友，硯兄，硯弟 [yan4you3], [yan4xiong1], [yan4di4]↓.
Words1.硯池 [yan4chi2], n., depression in ink slab for collecting water. 
2.硯滴 [yan4di1], n., a small container for dripping water on ink slab. 
3.硯弟 [yan4di4], n., junior classmate. 
4.硯耕 [yan4geng1], v.t., (LL) to make a living by writing. 
5.硯室 [yan4shi4], n., case for ink stone. 
6.硯兄 [yan4xiong1], n., senior classmate. 
7.硯臺 (commonly 台) [yan4tai0], n., an ink stone. 
8.硯田 [yan4tian2], n., (LL) writer's way of making a living, see [yan4geng1]↑. 
9.硯瓦 [yan4wa3], n., ink stone. 
10.硯友 [yan4you3], n., classmate.