宴 — Chinese character
宴
yàn
banquet, feast; to entertain
- Pinyin
- yàn
- Radical
- 40 ⼧ (Roof)
- Strokes
- 10
- Components
- 宀 妟
- Formation
- ideographic — A woman 女 cooking food 日 for a house 宀 banquet
- Japanese
- 宴 as a kanji
Common words with 宴
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 宴会 (宴會) | yàn huì | banquet; feast |
| 晚宴 | wǎn yàn | banquet; dinner party |
| 盛宴 | shèng yàn | feast |
| 宴请 (宴請) | yàn qǐng | to entertain (for dinner); to invite to dinner |
| 婚宴 | hūn yàn | wedding reception |
| 宴会厅 (宴會廳) | yàn huì tīng | ballroom; banqueting hall |
| 宴席 | yàn xí | banquet; feast |
| 国宴 (國宴) | guó yàn | state banquet |
| 设宴 (設宴) | shè yàn | to host a banquet |
| 午宴 | wǔ yàn | lunch banquet |
| 喜宴 | xǐ yàn | wedding banquet |
| 赴宴 | fù yàn | to attend a banquet |
English words written with 宴
宴 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Analects 1 · Mencius 1
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.