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燕

yān
HSK 7-93 readings

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Meaning

  • Yan, a vassal state of Zhou in present-day Hebei and Liaoning
  • north Hebei
  • the four Yan kingdoms of the Sixteen Kingdoms, namely: Former Yan 前燕[Qian2 Yan1] (337–370), Later Yan 後燕|后燕[Hou4 Yan1] (384–409), Southern Yan 南燕[Nan2 Yan1] (398–410), Northern Yan 北燕[Bei3 Yan1] (409–436)
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  • swallow (family Hirundinidae)
  • surname Yan
  • old variant of 宴[yan4]
  • variant of 燕[yan4]

Example

燕子在迁移。

The swallows are migrating.

From 燕子 · Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).

Readings

  • yànswallow (family Hirundinidae) / old variant of 宴 / variant of 燕
  • yānYan, a vassal state of Zhou in present-day Hebei and Liaoning / north Hebei / the four Yan kingdoms of the Sixteen Kingdoms, namely: Former Yan 前燕 (337–370), Later Yan 後燕|后燕 (384–409), Southern Yan 南燕 (398–410), Northern Yan 北燕 (409–436) / surname Yan

Stroke Order

16 strokes

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