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燕

yàn/Yān

swallow (family Hirundinidae); old variant of 宴 (yàn)

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Ancient forms

2 forms

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Meaning

yàn as in 燕子 yan4
  1. swallow (family Hirundinidae)
  2. old variant of 宴 yàn
Yān yan1
  1. Yan, a vassal state of Zhou in present-day Hebei and Liaoning
  2. north Hebei
  3. the four Yan kingdoms of the Sixteen Kingdoms, namely: Former Yan 前燕 Qián Yān (337–370), Later Yan 后燕 Hòu Yān (384–409), Southern Yan 南燕 Nán Yān (398–410), Northern Yan 北燕 Běi Yān (409–436)
  4. surname Yan

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