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yān ㄧㄢ

    • 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 qiányān (337–370), Later Yan 后燕 hòuyān (384–409), Southern Yan 南燕 nányān (398–410), Northern Yan 北燕 běiyān (409–436)
    • surname Yan

Other words read yān

In the same tone

  • 烟 yān smoke
  • 咽 yān throat
  • 嫣 yān lovely
  • 焉 yān where
  • 殷 yān dark red

All 20 words read yān

yan with other tones

  • 言 yán words
  • 眼 yǎn eye
  • 广 yǎn "house on a cliff" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 53), occurring in 店, 序, 底 etc
  • 盐 yán salt
  • 沿 yán along

All 97 words read yan in any tone

Other words read yān

In the same tone

  • 煙 yān smoke
  • 菸 yān tobacco
  • 嚥 yàn swallow
  • 嫣 yān lovely
  • 焉 yān where

All 20 words read yān

yan with other tones

All 97 words read yan in any tone

yàn ㄧㄢˋ

    • swallow (family Hirundinidae)

Other words read yàn

In the same tone

  • 咽 yàn swallow
  • 宴 yàn banquet
  • 彦 yàn accomplished
  • 艳 yàn bright
  • 厌 yàn loathe

All 26 words read yàn

yan with other tones

  • 言 yán words
  • 眼 yǎn eye
  • 广 yǎn "house on a cliff" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 53), occurring in 店, 序, 底 etc
  • 盐 yán salt
  • 烟 yān smoke

All 97 words read yan in any tone

Other words read yàn

In the same tone

  • 嚥 yàn swallow
  • 宴 yàn banquet
  • 彥 yàn accomplished
  • 豔 yàn bright
  • 厭 yàn loathe

All 26 words read yàn

yan with other tones

All 97 words read yan in any tone

The stroke order and parts of 燕

    部首 radical
    灬 a form of 火
    笔画 strokes
    16, with 12 after the 部首
    结构 structure
    上下结构
    偏旁 parts
    廿口北灬

    Words with 燕

    Starting with 燕

    • 燕京 yānjīng Yanjing, an old name for Beijing
    • 燕山 yānshān Yan mountain range across north Hebei
    • 燕子 yànzi swallow
    • 燕京大学 yānjīngdàxué Yanjing or Yenching University, Christian university in Beijing founded in 1919
    • 燕麦 yànmài oats

    All 25 words starting with 燕

    Ending with 燕

    • 雨燕 yǔyàn swift
    • 金丝燕 jīnsīyàn Aerodramus, genus of birds that use echolocation, a subset of the Collocaliini tribe (swiflets), two of whose species – Aerodramus fuciphagus and Aerodramus maximus – build nests harvested to make bird's nest soup
    • 北燕 běiyān Northern Yan of the Sixteen Kingdoms
    • 南燕 nányān Southern Yan of the Sixteen Kingdoms
    • 家燕 jiāyàn barn swallow

    All 43 words ending with 燕

    Containing 燕

    • 新婚燕尔 xīnhūnyàněr experience the joy of being newly married
    • 莺歌燕舞 yīnggēyànwǔ prosperity abounds
    • 劳燕分飞 láoyànfēnfēi shrike and the swallow fly in different directions
    • 孙燕姿 sūnyànzī Stefanie Sun (1978-), Singaporean singer-songwriter
    • 处堂燕雀 chùtángyànquè fool's paradise

    All 32 words containing 燕

    Words with 燕

    Starting with 燕

    • 燕京 yānjīng Yanjing, an old name for Beijing
    • 燕山 yānshān Yan mountain range across north Hebei
    • 燕子 yànzi swallow
    • 燕京大學 yānjīngdàxué Yanjing or Yenching University, Christian university in Beijing founded in 1919
    • 燕麥 yànmài oats

    All 25 words starting with 燕

    Ending with 燕

    • 雨燕 yǔyàn swift
    • 金絲燕 jīnsīyàn Aerodramus, genus of birds that use echolocation, a subset of the Collocaliini tribe (swiflets), two of whose species – Aerodramus fuciphagus and Aerodramus maximus – build nests harvested to make bird's nest soup
    • 北燕 běiyān Northern Yan of the Sixteen Kingdoms
    • 南燕 nányān Southern Yan of the Sixteen Kingdoms
    • 家燕 jiāyàn barn swallow

    All 43 words ending with 燕

    Containing 燕

    • 新婚燕爾 xīnhūnyàněr experience the joy of being newly married
    • 鶯歌燕舞 yīnggēyànwǔ prosperity abounds
    • 勞燕分飛 láoyànfēnfēi shrike and the swallow fly in different directions
    • 孫燕姿 sūnyànzī Stefanie Sun (1978-), Singaporean singer-songwriter
    • 處堂燕雀 chùtángyànquè fool's paradise

    All 32 words containing 燕

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