燕 Yan1 燕
  1. Yan, a vassal state of Zhou in modern Hebei and Liaoning
  2. north Hebei
  3. the four Yan kingdoms of the Sixteen Kingdoms, namely: Former Yan 前燕[Qian2 Yan1] (337-370), Later Yan εΎŒη‡•|εŽη‡•[Hou4 Yan1] (384-409), Southern Yan 南燕[Nan2 Yan1] (398-410), Northern Yan εŒ—η‡•[Bei3 Yan1] (409-436)
  4. surname Yan

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