"Surname Yan" • Chinese-English Dictionary
| 燕 | Yān | Yan, a vassal state of Zhou in modern Hebei and Liaoning / north Hebei / the four Yan kingdoms of the Sixteen Kingdoms, namely: Former Yan 前燕[Qian2 Yan1] (337-370), Later Yan 後燕|后燕[Hou4 Yan1] (384-409), Southern Yan 南燕[Nan2 Yan1] (398-410), Northern Yan 北燕[Bei3 Yan1] (409-436) / surname Yan |   |
| 阎 | Yán | Yama / gate of village / surname Yan | |
| 鄢 | Yān | surname Yan / name of a district in Henan | |
| 闫 | Yán | variant of 閻|阎[Yan2] / surname Yan | |
| 傿 | Yān | name of an immortal / ancient place name / surname Yan | |
