延
E816901
延 is a Chinese character used as a surname and in given names, commonly associated with meanings like "to extend" or "to prolong."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| 延 canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9712131 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: 延 Context triple: [Yan (surname), canBeWrittenAs, 延]
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A.
the Delayer
The Delayer was the famous nickname of Roman general and statesman Quintus Fabius Maximus Verrucosus, renowned for his cautious, attritional tactics against Hannibal during the Second Punic War.
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B.
Sorry for the Delay
"Sorry for the Delay" is an early EP by the American indie rock band Grizzly Bear, showcasing their lo-fi, experimental folk sound prior to their wider breakthrough.
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C.
longyi
A longyi is a cylindrical piece of cloth worn as a skirt-like garment by people in Myanmar, commonly used by both men and women in everyday life and on formal occasions.
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D.
The Long Wait
The Long Wait is a hardboiled crime novel by Mickey Spillane featuring his trademark tough, violent style and twist-driven noir plotting.
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E.
隨
隨 is the Chinese character used as the name of the ancient State of Sui and more broadly carries meanings related to following, complying, or going along with something.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: 延 Target entity description: 延 is a Chinese character used as a surname and in given names, commonly associated with meanings like "to extend" or "to prolong."
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A.
the Delayer
The Delayer was the famous nickname of Roman general and statesman Quintus Fabius Maximus Verrucosus, renowned for his cautious, attritional tactics against Hannibal during the Second Punic War.
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B.
Sorry for the Delay
"Sorry for the Delay" is an early EP by the American indie rock band Grizzly Bear, showcasing their lo-fi, experimental folk sound prior to their wider breakthrough.
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C.
longyi
A longyi is a cylindrical piece of cloth worn as a skirt-like garment by people in Myanmar, commonly used by both men and women in everyday life and on formal occasions.
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D.
The Long Wait
The Long Wait is a hardboiled crime novel by Mickey Spillane featuring his trademark tough, violent style and twist-driven noir plotting.
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E.
隨
隨 is the Chinese character used as the name of the ancient State of Sui and more broadly carries meanings related to following, complying, or going along with something.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Chinese character
ⓘ
Han character ⓘ logogram ⓘ |
| hasCangjieInput | NYVO ⓘ |
| hasCantoneseReading | jin4 ⓘ |
| hasFourCornerCode | 1722 ⓘ |
| hasJapaneseKunReading |
の-ばす (no-basu)
ⓘ
の-びる (no-biru) ⓘ の-べる (no-beru) ⓘ |
| hasJapaneseOnReading | エン (en) ⓘ |
| hasKoreanReading | 연 (yeon) ⓘ |
| hasLanguage |
Chinese
ⓘ
Japanese ⓘ Korean ⓘ Vietnamese ⓘ |
| hasMandarinReading | yán ⓘ |
| hasMandarinTone | 2 ⓘ |
| hasMeaning |
delay
ⓘ
postponement ⓘ to continue ⓘ to delay ⓘ to extend ⓘ to lengthen ⓘ to prolong ⓘ to stretch ⓘ |
| hasPinyin | yán ⓘ |
| hasRadical | 廴 ⓘ |
| hasScript | Han script ⓘ |
| hasSimplifiedForm | 延 ⓘ |
| hasStrokeCount | 7 ⓘ |
| hasTraditionalForm | 延 ⓘ |
| hasVietnameseReading | diên ⓘ |
| UnicodeCodePoint | U+5EF6 ⓘ |
| usedAs |
Chinese given name element
ⓘ
Chinese surname ⓘ |
| usedAsSurnameIn |
China
ⓘ
Korea ⓘ |
| usedIn |
Chinese personal names
ⓘ
Chinese place names ⓘ |
| usedInWord |
延期
ⓘ
延续 ⓘ 延迟 ⓘ 延长 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: 延 Description of subject: 延 is a Chinese character used as a surname and in given names, commonly associated with meanings like "to extend" or "to prolong."
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Yan