燕(yàn): Yan, a vassal state of Zhou in present-day Hebei and Liaoning
HSK 7-916 strokes
Readingsyànyān
Yan, a vassal state of Zhou in present-day Hebei and Liaoning
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Character information
- Pinyin
- yàn / yān
- Meaning
- 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[Qian2 Yan1] (337–370), Later Yan 后燕 (384–409), Southern Yan 南燕[Nan2 Yan1] (398–410), Northern Yan 北燕[Bei3 Yan1] (409–436); surname Yan
- Strokes
- 16
- HSK level
- HSK 7-9
- Traditional
- Same
Origin & structure
Where 燕 comes from and how its parts fit together.
How to write 燕 step by step
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Words with 燕
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lit. the goose comes, the swallow goes (idiom); fig. always on the move
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