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Kanji Detail for 燕 - "swallow, graceful, return"
燕
- Meaning
燕 means "swallow, graceful, return."
Swallow - A migratory bird of the swallow family.
To relax - To be at ease; to rest peacefully.
Banquet - To drink; to share wine.
Country name - An ancient Chinese state; one of the Seven Warring States.
- Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
swallow (bird)
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
swallow (bird); comfort, enjoy
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
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[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); surname Yan
Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data
lovebird, swallow
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
A bird name. Small body with large wings. Very long tail that forks like scissors. Short beak with wide mouth and plump chin. Every year around the spring equinox, comes from warm places. Nests on beams of people's houses. Returns to warm places around the autumn equinox. | To rest. As in 燕居 (leisure), 燕息 (relaxation), referring to idle times of rest. Also written as 宴. | To drink wine. As in 燕享. Interchangeable with 讌宴. | Informal. Private audiences are called 燕見, referring to someone one is close and familiar with. | A state name. During Spring and Autumn there were Southern Yan and Northern Yan. Southern Yan, of the Ji surname, was in present-day Ji County, Henan. Northern Yan, of the Ji surname, descendants of Duke Shao Shi, was one of the Seven Powers during the Warring States and was later destroyed by Qin. During Eastern Jin, the Xianbei Murong clan proclaimed emperorship five times with the state name Yan. (1) Former Yan, founded by Murong Huang, destroyed by Fu Qin. (2) Later Yan, founded by Murong Chui, destroyed by Jin. (5) Northern Yan, founded by Murong Sheng, continued by Feng Ba, destroyed by Later Wei. | A place name. Refers to present-day Hebei Province. As in 幽燕, 燕趙.
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