Chinese character

燕

yàn

lovebird, swallow

16 strokesRadical 灬No. 2340

Meaning

Definitions are in English.

lovebird, swallow
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)
surname Yan

Pinyin

yànyān

Components

Etymology hint · Ideographic

A swallow, with its head 廿, wings 北, and tail 灬

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