| 硯 | [ yàn ] ink-stone |
| 硯兄 | [ yàn xiōng ] senior fellow student |
| 硯友 | [ yàn yoǔ ] classmate, fellow student |
| 硯室 | [ yàn shì ] case for an ink slab |
| 硯山 | [ 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 |
| 硯山縣 | [ 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 |
| 硯席 | [ yàn xí ] ink slab and sitting mat, place where one studies and teaches |
| 硯弟 | [ yàn dì ] younger fellow student |
| 硯水壺兒 | [ yàn shuǐ hú ] water container for an ink slab |
| 硯池 | [ yàn chí ] (concave) ink stone or ink slab |
| 硯滴 | [ yàn dī ] small cup for adding water to an ink stone |
| 硯瓦 | [ yàn wǎ ] ink slab |
| 硯田 | [ yàn tián ] ink stone, writing as a livelihood |
| 硯田之食 | [ yàn tián zhī shí ] to make a living by writing (idiom) |
| 硯盒 | [ yàn hé ] case for an ink stone or ink slab |
| 硯石 | [ yàn shí ] ink stone, ink slab |
| 硯耕 | [ yàn gēng ] to live by writing |
| 硯臺 | [ yàn taí ] ink stone, ink slab, CL:方[fang1] |
| ⇒ 古硯 | [ gǔ yàn ] antique ink slab, CL:台[tai2] |
| ⇒ 同硯 | [ tóng yàn ] classmate, fellow student |
| ⇒ 墨硯 | [ mò yàn ] ink slab, ink stone |
| ⇒ 廣硯 | [ guǎng yàn ] Guangnan and Yanshan (in Yunnan) |
| ⇒ 柘硯 | [ zhè yàn ] ink slabs from a place in Shandong |
| ⇒ 滌硯 | [ dí yàn ] to wash an ink-slab, to prepare for study (idiom) |
| ⇒ 焚硯 | [ fén yàn ] to destroy one's ink-slab, to write no more because others write so much better (idiom) |
| ⇒ 瓦硯 | [ wǎ yàn ] ink stone or ink slab made from an antique palace tile |
| ⇒ 磨穿鐵硯 | [ mó chuān tiě yàn ] to grind one's way through an ink stone, to persevere in a difficult task (idiom), to study diligently (idiom) |
| ⇒ 程硯秋 | [ chéng yàn qiū ] Cheng Yanqiu (1904-1958), famous Beijing opera star, second only to 梅蘭芳|梅兰芳[Mei2 Lan2 fang1] |
| ⇒ 端硯 | [ duān yàn ] high-quality ink stonemade in Duanxi and Guangdong |
| ⇒ 筆硯 | [ bǐ yàn ] writing brush and ink stone |
| ⇒ 辟雍硯 | [ pì yōng yàn ] ink slab or ink stone of celadon or white porcelain with unglazed surface |
| ⇒ 陶硯 | [ taó yàn ] ink stone made of pottery |