燕 (Yān) — Yan, a vassal state of Zhou in present-day Hebei and Liaoning

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燕 (Yān) has 3 dictionary entries or readings.

1Yan, a vassal state of Zhou in present-day Hebei and Liaoning

2north Hebei

3the 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)

4surname Yan

5swallow (family Hirundinidae)

6old variant of 宴[yan4]

7variant of 燕[yan4]

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燕YānYan, a vassal state of Zhou in present-day Hebei and Liaoning · north Hebei

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