沿 Strokes Write it Listen 沿 yán along; to follow (a line, tradition etc); to carry on HSK 6 8 strokes Radical 氵 Sound + meaning 7 words Built from氵meaningshuǐwater几jǐsmall table; how many; a few, some口kǒumouth; entrance, gate, opening How it works氵 hints at the meaning (water).