雁 — Chinese character
雁
yàn
wild goose
- Pinyin
- yàn
- Radical
- 172 ⾫ (Short Tailed Bird)
- Strokes
- 12
- Components
- 厂 倠
- Formation
- pictophonetic — bird; meaning component 隹
- Japanese
- 雁 as a kanji
Common words with 雁
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 大雁 | dà yàn | wild goose; 只 (zhī) |
| 鸿雁 (鴻雁) | hóng yàn | (bird species of China) swan goose (Anser cygnoides) |
| 沉鱼落雁 (沈魚落雁) | chén yú luò yàn | variant of 沉鱼落雁 (chén yú luò yàn) |
| 沉鱼落雁 (沉魚落雁) | chén yú luò yàn | lit. fish sink, goose alights (idiom, from Zhuangzi 庄子 (Zhuāng zǐ)); fig. female beauty captivating even the birds and beasts |
| 斑头雁 (斑頭雁) | bān tóu yàn | (bird species of China) bar-headed goose (Anser indicus) |
| 雪雁 | xuě yàn | (bird species of China) snow goose (Anser caerulescens) |
| 雁过拔毛 (雁過拔毛) | yàn guò bá máo | lit. to grab feathers from a flying goose; fig. to seize any opportunity |
| 灰雁 | huī yàn | (bird species of China) greylag goose (Anser anser) |
| 黑雁 | hēi yàn | (bird species of China) brant (Branta bernicla) |
| 小白额雁 (小白額雁) | xiǎo bái é yàn | (bird species of China) lesser white-fronted goose (Anser erythropus) |
| 白颊黑雁 (白頰黑雁) | bái jiá hēi yàn | (bird species of China) barnacle goose (Branta leucopsis) |
| 白额雁 (白額雁) | bái é yàn | (bird species of China) greater white-fronted goose (Anser albifrons) |
English words written with 雁
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.