研

yán

to grind

study; research

stone (石) + open (开) = grind and research

Stone is the classic grinding tool — crushing, smoothing, and refining raw material. The extended sense of 'study' follows naturally: research is grinding an idea down until it yields something true.

石+开→研
开To openPhonetic
石StoneSemantic

他每天都在研究这个问题。

tā měi tiān dōu zài yán jiū zhè ge wèn tí 。

He studies this problem every day.

科学家们花了很多年研究这种病。

kē xué jiā men huā le hěn duō nián yán jiū zhè zhǒng bìng 。

The scientists spent many years researching this disease.

Words with 研

中央研究院

zhōng yāng yán jiū yuàn

Academia Sinica, research institution headquartered in Taipei

科学研究

kē xué yán jiū

scientific research

研究生

yán jiū shēng

graduate student

研究

yán jiū

research

钻研

zuān yán

to study meticulously

中国教育和科研计算机网

zhōng guó jiào yù hé kē yán jì suàn jī wǎng

abbr. to 中國教育網|中国教育网[Zhong1 guo2 Jiao4 yu4 Wang3]

中研院

zhōng yán yuàn

Academia Sinica (abbr. for 中央研究院[Zhong1 yang1 Yan2 jiu1 yuan4])

中美文化研究中心

zhōng měi wén huà yán jiū zhōng xīn

the Hopkins-Nanjing Center, located in Nanjing, est. 1986 (formally, the Johns Hopkins University – Nanjing University Center for Chinese and American Studies)

井研

jǐng yán

Jingwan county in Leshan 樂山|乐山[Le4 shan1], Sichuan

井研县

jǐng yán xiàn

Jingwan county in Leshan 樂山|乐山[Le4 shan1], Sichuan

保研

bǎo yán

to recommend sb for postgraduate studies

刻苦钻研

kè kǔ zuān yán

to study diligently

More characters with 石

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