Chinese Character 燕 Meanings and components.

Form

燕

Meaning

燕 meaning[3] in English

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 (337-370), Later Yan 後燕|后燕 (384-409), Southern Yan 南燕 (398-410), Northern Yan 北燕 (409-436).

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 燕 can be seen as a composition of 4 main shapes where their meanings are twenty (20), in … (廿) , north (北) , mouth (口) , and 'fire' radical in … (灬)

Its radical[1] is: 火 (huo3) which means: Surname Huo, .火huo3surname Huo

In cangjie it is written with TLPF

How to write 燕

To write燕yan4Yan, a … you should write a combination of 廿nian4twenty (20), … 北bei3north 口kou3mouth , 灬biao1'fire' radical … arranged in a 吕 shape:

廿 + 北 + 口 + 灬 = 燕

燕 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 燕 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 燕, looks as follow:

燕
Pinyin:yan4 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: 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 (337-370), Later Yan 後燕|后燕 (384-409), Southern Yan 南燕 (398-410), Northern Yan 北燕 (409-436) . Surname Yan
廿
Pinyin:nian4 Shape:一
Meaning[3]: Twenty (20), In A Limited Number Of Set Expressions . Also Written Using Banker'S Character 念
北
Pinyin:bei3 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: North . (Classical) To Be Defeated
爿
Pinyin:pan2
Meaning[3]: 'Piece Of Wood' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 90), Mirror Image Of 片[Pian4]
?
Pinyin:?
匕
Pinyin:bi3
Meaning[3]: Dagger . Ladle . Ancient Type Of Spoon
口
Pinyin:kou3
Meaning[3]: Mouth . Classifier For Things With Mouths (People, Domestic Animals, Cannons, Wells Etc) . Classifier For Bites Or Mouthfuls
灬
Pinyin:biao1
Meaning[3]: 'Fire' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 86), Occurring In 熙, 然, 熊 Etc

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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