| 砚 | [ yàn ] ink-stone |
| 砚兄 | [ yàn xiōng ] senior fellow student |
| 砚友 | [ yàn yoǔ ] classmate, fellow student |
| 砚室 | [ yàn shì ] case for an ink slab |
| 砚山 | [ yàn shān ] Yanshan county in Wenshan Zhuang and Miao autonomous prefecture 文山壯族苗族自治州|文山壮族苗族自治州[Wen2 shan1 Zhuang4 zu2 Miao2 zu2 zi4 zhi4 zhou1], Yunnan |
| 砚山县 | [ yàn shān xiàn ] Yanshan county in Wenshan Zhuang and Miao autonomous prefecture 文山壯族苗族自治州|文山壮族苗族自治州[Wen2 shan1 Zhuang4 zu2 Miao2 zu2 zi4 zhi4 zhou1], Yunnan |
| 砚席 | [ yàn xí ] ink slab and sitting mat, place where one studies and teaches |
| 砚弟 | [ yàn dì ] younger fellow student |
| 砚水壶儿 | [ yàn shuǐ hú ] water container for an ink slab |
| 砚池 | [ yàn chí ] (concave) ink stone or ink slab |
| 砚滴 | [ yàn dī ] small cup for adding water to an ink stone |
| 砚瓦 | [ yàn wǎ ] ink slab |
| 砚田 | [ yàn tián ] ink stone, writing as a livelihood |
| 砚田之食 | [ yàn tián zhī shí ] to make a living by writing (idiom) |
| 砚盒 | [ yàn hé ] case for an ink stone or ink slab |
| 砚石 | [ yàn shí ] ink stone, ink slab |
| 砚耕 | [ yàn gēng ] to live by writing |
| 砚台 | [ yàn taí ] ink stone, ink slab, CL:方[fang1] |
| ⇒ 古砚 | [ gǔ yàn ] antique ink slab, CL:台[tai2] |
| ⇒ 同砚 | [ tóng yàn ] classmate, fellow student |
| ⇒ 墨砚 | [ mò yàn ] ink slab, ink stone |
| ⇒ 广砚 | [ guǎng yàn ] Guangnan and Yanshan (in Yunnan) |
| ⇒ 柘砚 | [ zhè yàn ] ink slabs from a place in Shandong |
| ⇒ 涤砚 | [ dí yàn ] to wash an ink-slab, to prepare for study (idiom) |
| ⇒ 焚砚 | [ fén yàn ] to destroy one's ink-slab, to write no more because others write so much better (idiom) |
| ⇒ 瓦砚 | [ wǎ yàn ] ink stone or ink slab made from an antique palace tile |
| ⇒ 磨穿铁砚 | [ mó chuān tiě yàn ] to grind one's way through an ink stone, to persevere in a difficult task (idiom), to study diligently (idiom) |
| ⇒ 程砚秋 | [ chéng yàn qiū ] Cheng Yanqiu (1904-1958), famous Beijing opera star, second only to 梅蘭芳|梅兰芳[Mei2 Lan2 fang1] |
| ⇒ 端砚 | [ duān yàn ] high-quality ink stonemade in Duanxi and Guangdong |
| ⇒ 笔砚 | [ bǐ yàn ] writing brush and ink stone |
| ⇒ 辟雍砚 | [ pì yōng yàn ] ink slab or ink stone of celadon or white porcelain with unglazed surface |
| ⇒ 陶砚 | [ taó yàn ] ink stone made of pottery |