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yàn(yan4) , yān(yan1) // pronunciations of 燕 in Mandarin Pinyin

Basic information about 燕

Unihan definition: swallow (bird); comfort, enjoy

Number of strokes: 16
Examples of other characters consisting of 16 strokes: , , , , , , , , ,

Radical:  86.12

Frequency rank: 1705

General standard index number: 3319

Examples of words containing this character: 前燕, 北燕, 南燕, 家燕, 岩燕, 后燕, 洋燕, 燕京, 燕国, 燕子, 燕山, 燕巢, 燕梳, 燕科, 燕窝, 燕赵, 燕隼, 燕雀, 燕麦, 贻燕, 银燕, 雏燕, 雨燕, 天燕座, 孙燕姿

English translation (based on CEDICT):

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
燕[yàn]:
- swallow (family Hirundinidae)
- old variant of [yan4]
鷰|燕[yàn]:
- variant of [yan4]

Details

Unicode code point: U+71D5

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