a swallow
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燕 is a 16 stroke, simplified and traditional Chinese character and is pronounced as yàn in the fourth tone, however it can also be pronounced as yān.
In traditional Chinese the character 鷰 may be used.
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Pronunciation
We found 2 pronunciations for 燕
Definitions for 燕 pronounced as yàn
- swallow (family Hirundinidae)
- old variant of 宴[yan4]
- variant of 燕[yan4]
Definitions for 燕 pronounced as 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
Vocabulary
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