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Yān
  1. 1.Yan, a vassal state of Zhou in present-day Hebei and Liaoning
  2. 2.north Hebei
  3. 3.the four Yan kingdoms of the Sixteen Kingdoms, namely: Former Yan 前燕[Qián Yān] (337–370), Later Yan 后燕[Hòu Yān] (384–409), Southern Yan 南燕[Nán Yān] (398–410), Northern Yan 北燕[Běi Yān] (409–436)
  4. 4.surname Yan
yàn
  1. 1.swallow (family Hirundinidae)
  2. 2.old variant of 宴[yàn]
yàn
  1. 1.variant of 燕[yàn]

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Wiktionary

  1. 1.swallow (family Hirundinidae) or swift (family Apodidae)
  2. 2.shuttlecock used in jianzi
  3. 3.Yan, the original capital of the ancient state.
  4. 4.(～國) Yan, an ancient march, duchy, and kingdom of northeastern China during the Zhou dynasty
  5. 5.the four Yan kingdoms of the Sixteen Kingdoms
  6. 6.northern Hebei
  7. 7.Yan, a surname

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Etymology

Pictogram (象形) – a swallow. Possibly related to 鳦 (OC *qriːd, *qrid) (Wang, 1982). Some have connected it with 咽 (OC *qiːns, “to swallow”), but it is unlikely to be related (Schuessler, 2007).

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Stroke order

Components

燕廿北口灬

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Synonyms

玄鳥燕子小燕兒燕兒小燕子燕的的沙燕兒燕雞子燕雞兒燕雞雞燕嘰子燕子鳥小燕燕仔燕子仔燕雀胡燕兒燕了燕鳥燕仔鳥烏燕仔燕囝子燕毽子毽兒毽球兒翹兒雞毛毽子毛毽兒雞毛毽兒

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Derived terms

五雀六燕伯勞飛燕伯劳飞燕兔絲燕麥兔丝燕麦勞燕分飛劳燕分飞土燕堂間處燕堂间处燕夜燕官燕家燕幕上燕巢幕燕鼎魚幕燕鼎鱼平山冷燕怡堂燕雀新婚燕爾新婚燕尔歌鶯舞燕歌莺舞燕毛燕池魚堂燕池鱼堂燕海燕溫鰲妝燕温鳌妆燕燕丸燕侶

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Related words

燕子 swallow后燕 Later Yan of the Sixteen Kingdoms (384-409)乳燕 baby swallow银燕 silver swallow燕雀 (bird species of China) brambling (Fringilla montifringilla)前燕 Former Yan of the Sixteen Kingdoms (337-370)燕赵 Yan and Zhao, two of the Warring States in Hebei and Shanxi燕隼 (bird species of China) Eurasian hobby (Falco subbuteo)南燕 Southern Yan of the Sixteen Kingdoms (398-410)贻燕 to leave peace for the future generations燕麦 oats家燕 (bird species of China) barn swallow (Hirundo rustica)