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yàn

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yàn Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
yàn | yan4
English translation
wild goose

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About yàn

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Number of strokes

12

Traditional form

yàn

Contains the radical

zhuī

Part of speech

Name of a person / 人名 rén míng Rénmíng

Learning hint

bird

Etymology of yàn

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

厂倠

Semantic compound

zhuī

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Words with yàn

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
yàn wild goose yàn
大雁 dà yàn wild goose大雁 dà yàn
沉鱼落雁 chén yú luò yàn lit. fish sink, goose alights (idiom, from Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子 Zhuāng zǐ ); fig. female beauty captivating even the birds and beasts沉魚落雁
雁塔 Yàn tǎ Yanta District of Xi’an 西安市 Xī ān Shì [Xī​'ān​Shì], Shaanxi雁塔 Yàn tǎ
鸿雁 hóng yàn (bird species of China) swan goose (Anser cygnoides)鴻雁
雁荡山 Yàn dàng shān Yandang mountains, famous scenic area in southeast Zhejiang雁蕩山
雁塔区 Yàn tǎ Qū Yanta District of Xi’an 西安市 Xī ān Shì [Xī​'ān​Shì], Shaanxi雁塔區
雁过拔毛 yàn guò bá máo pragmatic雁過拔毛
雁山 Yàn shān Yanshan district of Guilin city 桂林市 Guì lín shì [Guì​lín​shì], Guangxi雁山 Yàn shān
刘宾雁 Liú Bīn yàn Liu Binyan (1925-2005), journalist and novelist, condemned by Mao as rightist faction in 1957, subsequently dissident writer劉賓雁
雁峰 Yàn fēng Yanfeng district of Hengyang city 衡陽市|衡阳市 Héng yáng shì [Héng​yáng​shì], Hunan雁峰 Yàn fēng
雁江区 Yàn jiāng qū Yanjiang district of Ziyang city 資陽市|资阳市 Zī yáng shì [Zī​yáng​shì], Sichuan雁江區
雁峰区 Yàn fēng qū Yanfeng district of Hengyang city 衡陽市|衡阳市 Héng yáng shì [Héng​yáng​shì], Hunan雁峰區
胡雁 hú yàn Tatar goose, wild goose found in territories northwest of China in ancient times胡雁 hú yàn
雁江 Yàn jiāng Yanjiang district of Ziyang city 資陽市|资阳市 Zī yáng shì [Zī​yáng​shì], Sichuan雁江 Yàn jiāng
雁山区 Yàn shān qū Yanshan district of Guilin city 桂林市 Guì lín shì [Guì​lín​shì], Guangxi雁山區
黑雁 hēi yàn (bird species of China) brant goose (Branta bernicla)黑雁 hēi yàn
鱼沉雁杳 yú chén yàn yǎo lost in transmission魚沉雁杳

yàn Decomposition & Compounds

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