燕
Traditional form:
燕
Pinyin (reading):
Yān
Definitions:
- 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 ( Qián Yān) (337-370), Later Yan 後燕／后燕 ( Hòu Yān) (384-409), Southern Yan 南燕 ( Nán Yān) (398-410), Northern Yan 北燕 ( Běi Yān) (409-436)
- surname Yan
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