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

白嘴端鳳頭鷗 bái zuǐ duān fèng tóu yàn ōu (bird species of China) sandwich tern (Thalasseus sandvicensis)
白晓 bái xiǎo yàn Pai Hsiao-yen (daughter of Pai Ping-ping)
白曉 bái xiǎo yàn Pai Hsiao-yen (daughter of Pai Ping-ping)
白眼河 bái yǎn hé yàn (bird species of China) white-eyed river martin (Pseudochelidon sirintarae)
白腰叉尾海 bái yāo chā wěi hǎi yàn (bird species of China) Leach's storm petrel (Oceanodroma leucorhoa)
白腰鸥 bái yāo yàn ōu (bird species of China) Aleutian tern (Onychoprion aleuticus)
白腰鷗 bái yāo yàn ōu (bird species of China) Aleutian tern (Onychoprion aleuticus)
白腹毛脚 bái fù máo jiǎo yàn (bird species of China) common house martin (Delichon urbicum))
白腹毛腳 bái fù máo jiǎo yàn (bird species of China) common house martin (Delichon urbicum))
白额鸥 bái é yàn ōu (bird species of China) little tern (Sternula albifrons)
白額鷗 bái é yàn ōu (bird species of China) little tern (Sternula albifrons)
短嘴金丝 duǎn zuǐ jīn sī yàn (bird species of China) Himalayan swiftlet (Aerodramus brevirostris)
短嘴金絲 duǎn zuǐ jīn sī yàn (bird species of China) Himalayan swiftlet (Aerodramus brevirostris)
粉红鸥 fěn hóng yàn ōu (bird species of China) roseate tern (Sterna dougallii)
粉紅鷗 fěn hóng yàn ōu (bird species of China) roseate tern (Sterna dougallii)
纯色岩 chún sè yán yàn (bird species of China) dusky crag martin (Ptyonoprogne concolor)
純色岩 chún sè yán yàn (bird species of China) dusky crag martin (Ptyonoprogne concolor)
线尾 xiàn wěi yàn (bird species of China) wire-tailed swallow (Hirundo smithii)
線尾 xiàn wěi yàn (bird species of China) wire-tailed swallow (Hirundo smithii)
妮 hú yān nī Jenny Hu
苍头雀 cāng tóu yàn què (bird species of China) common chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs)
蒼頭雀 cāng tóu yàn què (bird species of China) common chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs)
处堂雀 chù táng yàn què lit. a caged bird in a pavilion (idiom); fig. to lose vigilance by comfortable living; unaware of the disasters ahead; a fool's paradise
處堂雀 chù táng yàn què lit. a caged bird in a pavilion (idiom); fig. to lose vigilance by comfortable living; unaware of the disasters ahead; a fool's paradise
褐喉沙 hè hóu shā yàn (bird species of China) grey-throated martin (Riparia chinensis)