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燕 is the single character for the swallow (bird).
If you are a zoologist, this can refer to birds of the family Hirundinidae. Sometimes used to refer to Hirundo rustica (the barn swallow).
燕 is also a surname in China that is romanized as Yan. In fact, there were also several different Yan kingdoms in the ancient history of China (which is the origin of the surname).
Below are some entries from our dictionary that may match your 燕 search...
Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese |
Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
燕 see styles |
yàn yan4 yen tsubame(p); tsubakurame(ok); tsubakura(ok); tsubakuro(ok); tsubame(p) つばめ(P); つばくらめ(ok); つばくら(ok); つばくろ(ok); ツバメ(P) |
More info & calligraphy: Swallow(1) (kana only) swallow (bird of the Hirundinidae family); martin; (2) barn swallow (Hirundo rustica); (3) (See 若い燕) younger man involved with an older woman; boy toy; (given name) Yasushi |
孫燕姿 孙燕姿 see styles |
sūn yàn zī sun1 yan4 zi1 sun yen tzu |
More info & calligraphy: Stefanie |
鷰 燕 see styles |
yàn yan4 yen |
variant of 燕[yan4] See: 燕 |
乳燕 see styles |
rǔ yàn ru3 yan4 ju yen |
baby swallow |
公燕 see styles |
gōng yàn gong1 yan4 kung yen |
banquet held for high-ranking imperial or feudal officials |
冬燕 see styles |
touen / toen とうえん |
(given name) Touen |
前燕 see styles |
qián yān qian2 yan1 ch`ien yen chien yen |
Former Yan of the Sixteen Kingdoms (337-370) |
北燕 see styles |
běi yān bei3 yan1 pei yen |
Northern Yan of the Sixteen Kingdoms (409-436) |
南燕 see styles |
nán yān nan2 yan1 nan yen |
Southern Yan of the Sixteen Kingdoms (398-410) |
城燕 see styles |
chie ちえ |
(female given name) Chie |
如燕 see styles |
joen じょえん |
(given name) Joen |
家燕 see styles |
jiā yàn jia1 yan4 chia yen |
(bird species of China) barn swallow (Hirundo rustica) |
小燕 see styles |
shouen / shoen しょうえん |
(given name) Shouen |
岩燕 see styles |
yán yàn yan2 yan4 yen yen iwatsubame; iwatsubame いわつばめ; イワツバメ |
(bird species of China) Eurasian crag martin (Ptyonoprogne rupestris) (kana only) Asian house martin (Delichon dasypus) |
巖燕 see styles |
yán yàn yan2 yan4 yen yen gan'en |
to live in mountain caves as a recluse |
後燕 后燕 see styles |
hòu yān hou4 yan1 hou yen kouen / koen こうえん |
Later Yan of the Sixteen Kingdoms (384-409) (hist) Later Yan (dynastic Chinese state) |
春燕 see styles |
chiyunen ちゆんえん |
(personal name) Chiyun'en |
松燕 see styles |
shouen / shoen しょうえん |
(given name) Shouen |
楽燕 see styles |
rakuen らくえん |
(given name) Rakuen |
沙燕 see styles |
shā yàn sha1 yan4 sha yen shaen |
cāṭaka |
洋燕 see styles |
yáng yàn yang2 yan4 yang yen |
(bird species of China) Pacific swallow (Hirundo tahitica) |
海燕 see styles |
umitsubame; umitsubame うみつばめ; ウミツバメ |
(kana only) storm petrel (any bird of family Hydrobatidae); (personal name) Kaien |
燕々 see styles |
enen えんえん |
(given name) En'en |
燕一 see styles |
enichi えんいち |
(given name) En'ichi |
燕三 see styles |
enza えんざ |
(given name) Enza |
燕京 see styles |
yān jīng yan1 jing1 yen ching |
Yanjing, an old name for Beijing; capital of Yan at different periods |
燕児 see styles |
enji えんじ |
(obscure) swallow chick |
燕十 see styles |
enjuu / enju えんじゅう |
(personal name) Enjuu |
燕國 燕国 see styles |
yān guó yan1 guo2 yen kuo |
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) |
燕坐 see styles |
yàn zuò yan4 zuo4 yen tso enza |
to sit calmly |
The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...
Title | Characters | Romaji (Romanized Japanese) | Various forms of Romanized Chinese | |
Swallow | 燕 | yasushi | yàn / yan4 / yan | yen |
Ayan | 阿燕 | ā yàn / a1 yan4 / a yan / ayan | a yen / ayen | |
Cheyenne | 詩燕 诗燕 | shī yàn / shi1 yan4 / shi yan / shiyan | shih yen / shihyen | |
Kiyane | 基燕 | jī yàn / ji1 yan4 / ji yan / jiyan | chi yen / chiyen | |
Yancey | 燕西 | yàn xī / yan4 xi1 / yan xi / yanxi | yen hsi / yenhsi | |
Yancy | 燕西 | yàn xī / yan4 xi1 / yan xi / yanxi | yen hsi / yenhsi | |
Stefanie | 孫燕姿 孙燕姿 | sūn yàn zī sun1 yan4 zi1 sun yan zi sunyanzi | sun yen tzu sunyentzu |
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In some entries above you will see that characters have different versions above and below a line. In these cases, the characters above the line are Traditional Chinese, while the ones below are Simplified Chinese. |
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