yàn

swallow (bird); comfort, enjoy

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DEFINITIONS

燕 yàn
  • swallow (family Hirundinidae)
  • old variant of 宴[yan4]
  • variant of 燕[yan4]
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

STROKES

燕 stroke order diagram
燕 stroke order animation

WORDS

鸻 huī yàn héng (bird species of China) small pratincole (Glareola lactea)
鴴 huī yàn héng (bird species of China) small pratincole (Glareola lactea)
䴗 huī yàn jú (bird species of China) ashy woodswallow (Artamus fuscus)
鶪 huī yàn jú (bird species of China) ashy woodswallow (Artamus fuscus)
灰背尾 huī bèi yàn wěi (bird species of China) slaty-backed forktail (Enicurus schistaceus)
鸥 wū yàn ōu (bird species of China) sooty tern (Onychoprion fuscatus)
鷗 wū yàn ōu (bird species of China) sooty tern (Onychoprion fuscatus)
烟腹毛脚 yān fù máo jiǎo yàn (bird species of China) Asian house martin (Delichon dasypus)
煙腹毛腳 yān fù máo jiǎo yàn (bird species of China) Asian house martin (Delichon dasypus)
烟黑叉尾海 yān hēi chā wěi hǎi yàn (bird species of China) Wilson's storm petrel (Oceanites oceanicus)
煙黑叉尾海 yān hēi chā wěi hǎi yàn (bird species of China) Wilson's storm petrel (Oceanites oceanicus)
京 yān jīng Yanjing, an old name for Beijing; capital of Yan at different periods
京啤酒 yān jīng pí jiǔ Yanjing beer (Beijing beer brand)
京大学 yān jīng dà xué Yanjing or Yenching University, Christian university in Beijing founded in 1919
京大學 yān jīng dà xué Yanjing or Yenching University, Christian university in Beijing founded in 1919
国 yān guó 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)
國 yān guó 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)
太子丹 yān tài zǐ dān Prince Dan of Yan (-226 BC), commissioned the attempted assassination of King Ying Zheng of Qin 秦嬴政 (later the First Emperor 秦始皇) by Jing Ke 荆轲 in 227 BC
子衔泥垒大窝 yàn zi xián ní lěi dà wō the swallow's nest is built one beakful of mud at a time (idiom); many a little makes a mickle
子銜泥壘大窩 yàn zi xián ní lěi dà wō the swallow's nest is built one beakful of mud at a time (idiom); many a little makes a mickle
尾蝶 yān wěi dié swallow tail butterfly (family Papilionidae)
山 yān shān Yan mountain range across north Hebei
巢 yàn cháo Yanchao township in Kaohsiung county 高雄縣|高雄县[Gao1 xiong2 xian4], southwest Taiwan
巢乡 yàn cháo xiāng Yanchao township in Kaohsiung county 高雄縣|高雄县[Gao1 xiong2 xian4], southwest Taiwan
巢鄉 yàn cháo xiāng Yanchao township in Kaohsiung county 高雄縣|高雄县[Gao1 xiong2 xian4], southwest Taiwan