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雁 (yàn): Wild goose — Stroke Order & Writing Guide

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Animated Stroke Order 雁

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How to write 雁 — animated stroke order
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雁 stroke order diagram
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Printable Writing Worksheet: 雁

雁 handwriting practice worksheet preview
4.

How to Use 雁

Common word with 雁

One common HSK word with 雁 is 大雁, meaning "Wild goose".

大雁 • dà yàn • Wild goose • HSK 3.0 · L7-9
HSK 3.0 · L7-9
5.

Example Sentences

gǔ古
shī诗
zhōng中
cháng常
yòng用
hóng鸿
yàn

Information

Pinyinyàn
Meaningwild goose
Strokes12
Radical隹
Traditional雁
StructureSemi-Enclosed
Frequency#3021
Zhuyinㄧㄢˋ
UnicodeU+96C1
CangjieMOOG
dà大
yàn雁

Wild goose

雁
lái来
bǐ比
yù喻
shū书
xìn信
huò或
sī思
niàn念
。

In ancient poetry, wild geese are often used as a metaphor for letters or longing.

tiān天
kōng空
zhōng中
fēi飞
guò过
zhěng整
qí齐
de的
yàn雁
zhèn阵
。

A neat formation of wild geese flies across the sky.

qiū秋
tiān天
dào到
le了
,
dà大
yàn雁
kāi开
shǐ始
xiàng向
nán南
qiān迁
xǐ徙
。

Autumn has come, wild geese begin migrating south.

nà那
zhī只
gū孤
yàn雁
zài在
hú湖
miàn面
shàng上
dú独
zì自
pái徘
huái徊
。

That lone wild goose wanders alone on the lake surface.

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Same Sound

Characters pronounced "yan".

  • 彦yànelegant
  • 阉yāncastrate; eunuch
  • 焉yānthereupon, then; how? why? where?
  • 赝yànfalse; counterfeit; bogus; sham
  • 魇yǎnnightmare, bad dreams
  • 妍yánbeautiful; pretty
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Same Radical

Characters with radical "隹".

  • 雍yōngharmony, union; harmonious
  • 隹zhuīshort-tailed bird
  • 雏chúchick, fledging; infant, toddler
  • 雌cífemale (of a species)
  • 难nánhard; difficult
  • 隽juànmeaningful; profound; superior; talented
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