How to Write 燕 (yàn) — Chinese Stroke Order

Meaning: 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[Qian2 Yan1] (337-370), Later Yan 後燕|后燕[Hou4 Yan1] (384-409), Southern Yan 南燕[Nan2 Yan1] (398-410), Northern Yan 北燕[Bei3 Yan1] (409-436) · 16 strokes · HSK 7–9

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Character facts

English meanings

• 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[Qian2 Yan1] (337-370), Later Yan 後燕|后燕[Hou4 Yan1] (384-409), Southern Yan 南燕[Nan2 Yan1] (398-410), Northern Yan 北燕[Bei3 Yan1] (409-436)
• surname Yan
• swallow (family Hirundinidae)
• old variant of 宴[yan4]

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