燕

燕 Yān ㄧㄢ jin1

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 Qián Yān ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄧㄢ (337–370), Later Yan 后燕 (後燕) Hòu Yān ㄏㄡˋ ㄧㄢ (384–409), Southern Yan 南燕 Nán Yān ㄋㄢˊ ㄧㄢ (398–410), Northern Yan 北燕 Běi Yān ㄅㄟˇ ㄧㄢ (409–436)
surname Yan

燕 yàn ㄧㄢˋ jin1

swallow (family Hirundinidae)
old variant of 宴 yàn ㄧㄢˋ

燕鷰 yàn ㄧㄢˋ

variant of 燕 yàn ㄧㄢˋ

Stroke order

Practice writing

Draw 燕 (1 of 1) — stroke by stroke.

Character breakdown

燕 radical 灬 = 廿口北灬

Example sentences

燕妮喝醉了。 Yanni is wasted.
燕子在迁移。 The swallows are migrating.
燕妮跌到谷底。 Yanni hit rock bottom.
燕妮想要和好。 Yanni wanted to make up.
燕子飞得非常快。 A swallow flies very swiftly.

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