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燕

Traditional: 鷰

yān

yān · jin1 (Jyutping)

  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[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)
  4. surname Yan

yàn · jin1 (Jyutping)

  1. swallow (family Hirundinidae)
  2. old variant of 宴[yan4]
  3. variant of 燕[yan4]

Definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0 · snapshot 2026-10-09. Display: consolidated readings, linked characters and marked pinyin. Original data

Character breakdown

燕

Meaning
swallow (bird); comfort, enjoy
Radical
灬
Strokes
16
Components
⿱⿱廿⿻口北灬
Cangjie
TLPF
Four-corner
4433.1

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