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燕
yàn
1. swallow (family Hirundinidae)
2. old variant of [[宴<yàn>]]
Common • Top 6% ✏️ 16 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

燕
yàn
lovebird, swallow
16 丶

Compound Words (20)

燕巢
Yàncháo
Yanchao township in Kaohsiung county [[高雄縣|高雄县<Gāoxióngxiàn>]], southwest Taiwan
燕山
Yānshān
Yan mountain range across north Hebei
前燕
QiánYān
Former Yan of the Sixteen Kingdoms (337-370)
洋燕
yángyàn
(Chinese bird species) Pacific swallow (Hirundo tahitica)
燕子
yànzi
swallow
燕国
Yānguó
Yan, a vassal state of Zhou in modern Hebei and Liaoning
雨燕
yǔyàn
swift
家燕
jiāyàn
(Chinese bird species) barn swallow (Hirundo rustica)
燕京
Yānjīng
Yanjing, an old name for Beijing
北燕
BěiYān
Northern Yan of the Sixteen Kingdoms (409-436)
银燕
yínyàn
silver swallow
贻燕
yíyàn
to leave peace for the future generations
岩燕
yányàn
(Chinese bird species) Eurasian crag martin (Ptyonoprogne rupestris)
南燕
NánYān
Southern Yan of the Sixteen Kingdoms (398-410)
后燕
HòuYān
Later Yan of the Sixteen Kingdoms (384-409)
燕麦
yànmài
oats
燕雀
yànquè
(Chinese bird species) brambling (Fringilla montifringilla)
雏燕
chúyàn
swallow chick
燕隼
yànsǔn
(Chinese bird species) Eurasian hobby (Falco subbuteo)
燕赵
YānZhào
Yan and Zhao, two of the Warring States in Hebei and Shanxi

Alternate Entries

燕
Yān
Yan, a vassal state of Zhou in modern 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
燕
yàn
variant of [[燕<yàn>]]

Metadata

Category
Chinese
Character Frequency Rank
1,704
Word Frequency Rank
5,187 of 84,292