| yàn | ink-stone |
| 砚 | ink-stone |
| 砚兄 | senior fellow student |
| 砚兄砚弟 | lit. older scholar and younger scholar close friends (idiom) |
| 砚友 | classmate fellow student |
| 砚台 | ink stone ink slab CL:方 |
| 砚室 | case for an ink slab |
| 砚山 | 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 |
| 砚山县 | 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 |
| 砚席 | ink slab and sitting mat place where one studies and teaches |
| 砚弟 | younger fellow student |
| 砚水壶儿 | water container for an ink slab |
| 砚池 | (concave) ink stone or ink slab |
| 砚滴 | small cup for adding water to an ink stone |
| 砚瓦 | ink slab |
| 砚田 | ink stone writing as a livelihood |
| 砚田之食 | to make a living by writing (idiom) |
| 砚盒 | case for an ink stone or ink slab |
| 砚石 | ink stone ink slab |
| 砚耕 | to live by writing |