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燕

Unicode: U+71D5

Pinyin: yān yàn

Definition

yàn:* 鸟类的一科，候鸟，常在人家屋内或屋檐下用泥做巢居住，捕食昆虫，对农作物有益。 ～尔（形容新婚夫妇亲睦和美的样子）。～好（常用以指男女相爱）。～侣。～雀处（ chǔ ）堂（喻居安而不知远虑，临祸却不能自知）。 * 轻慢："～朋逆其师"。 * 古同"宴"，安闲，安乐。 * 古同"宴"，宴饮。 yān:* 中国周代诸侯国名，在今河北省北部和辽宁省南部。 ～赵。～山。～京。 * 姓

swallow (bird); comfort, enjoy

Structure

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Related substructures

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Precursors

Oracle Bone Script
c. 1300–1050 BCE (Late Shang)
Inscriptions carved on turtle plastrons and animal bones for divination and record-keeping in the late Shang royal court; the oldest large attested corpus of written Chinese.Wikipedia ->
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Small Seal Script
Standardized 221–206 BCE (Qin); developed earlier in Qin
The standardized seal script promulgated after Qin’s unification, based on earlier Qin seal forms and used as an empire-wide norm.Wikipedia ->
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Clerical Script
c. 300 BCE–220 CE (emerged late Warring States/Qin; dominant Han)
A practical script that evolved from late Warring States/Qin writing; it matured and became dominant in the Han dynasty, favoring faster, more rectilinear strokes.Wikipedia ->
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Transmitted Pre-Qin Forms
Pre-Qin forms (≤221 BCE) / late 2nd century BCE onward (Han → later textual transmission)
Pre-Qin character forms preserved through later textual transmission (often discussed as the 'Old Text' / guwen tradition). Shaped by repeated copying, they can diverge from excavated Warring States materials.Wikipedia ->
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Last Modified: 2026-01-29 11:48 UTC