Scan only has one syllable.
There are two syllables. Scan-ning.
There are three Chinese syllables in the word "syllables."
There are 3 syllables in symphony:sym/pho/ny
there are 2 syllables in stomach. To see why, search 'How many syllables in attack?'
4 syllables am- phi- bi- an
there are 3 syllables
Awake has two syllables. The syllables are a-wake.
There are 14 syllables.
Happened has two syllables. The syllables are hap-pened.
Scansion is the analysis of the rhythm in verse: There was a young poet from Japan Who wrote poems that never would scan He said "I always try to put as many extra syllables into the last line as I possibly can." "Poetry" that doesn't scan is really prose with delusions of grandeur.
Two syllables
three syllables