salt / CL: 粒

"house on a cliff" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 53), occurring in 店, 序, 底 etc

surname Yan

color / face / countenance

Japanese variant of 顏｜颜

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 (337-370), Later Yan 後燕｜后燕 (384-409), Southern Yan 南燕 (398-410), Northern Yan 北燕 (409-436) / surname Yan

swallow (family Hirundinidae) / old variant of 宴

to grind / study / research

variant of 燕

cigarette or pipe tobacco / CL: 根 / smoke / mist / vapour / CL: 縷｜缕 / tobacco plant / (of the eyes) to be irritated by smoke

cliff / rock

variant of 巖｜岩

variant of 岩

variant of 巖｜岩

eye / small hole / crux (of a matter) / CL: 隻｜只, 雙｜双 / classifier for big hollow things (wells, stoves, pots etc)

variant of 驗｜验

to examine / to test / to check

flame / inflammation / -itis

accomplished / elegant

surname Yan

tight (closely sealed) / stern / strict / rigorous / severe / father

words / speech / to say / to talk

to develop / to evolve / to practice / to perform / to play / to act

Yanchang county in Yan'an 延安, Shaanxi

variant of 艷｜艳

colorful / splendid / gaudy / amorous / romantic / to envy

old variant of 豔｜艳

variant of 艷｜艳

Yan'an prefecture level city in Shaanxi, communist headquarters during the war

surname Yan

to prolong / to extend / to delay

to cover up / to close / to surprise

dark red

to loathe

ink-stone

(bound form) feast / repose

variant of 宴

beautiful

variant of 閻｜阎 / surname Yan

wild goose

variant of 雁

lovely / sweet

along / to follow (a line, tradition etc) / to carry on / to trim (a border with braid, tape etc) / border / edge

flame

variant of 焰

eaves / ledge or brim

variant of 檐

Yama / gate of village / surname Yan

gem / glitter of gems

variant of 焰

to spread out / to develop / to overflow / to amplify / superfluous

to flood / to submerge / to drown / to irritate the skin (of liquids) / to delay

Yan'an prefecture level city in Shaanxi 陝西｜陕西, communist headquarters during the war

surname Yan

late / quiet

Huanglong county in Yan'an 延安, Shaanxi

Yan mountain range across north Hebei

weir

Shanbei, northern Shaanxi province, including Yulin 榆林 and Yan'an 延安, a Holy Land of Mao's revolution 革命聖地｜革命圣地

Yanjing, an old name for Beijing / capital of Yan at different periods

variant of 醃｜腌

to salt / to pickle / to cure (meat) / to marinate

where / how

narrow pass / throat / pharynx

variant of 嚥｜咽

to swallow

surname Yan / name of a district in Henan

to have a nightmare

Ansai county in Yan'an 延安, Shaanxi

see 兗州｜兖州

Yan Zhenqing (709-785), a leading calligrapher of the Tang Dynasty

Luochuan county in Yan'an 延安, Shaanxi

to inundate / to bury / to cover up / obscured / submerged

Gao Yun (died 409) emperor of Northern or Later Yan dynasty

mausoleum of the Yellow Emperor / Huangling county in Yan'an 延安, Shaanxi

to castrate / a castrate / neuter

School of Yin-Yang of the Warring States Period (475-221 BC) founded by Zou Yan 鄒衍｜邹衍

Yichuan county in Yan'an 延安, Shaanxi

Yan and Zhao, two of the Warring States in Hebei and Shanxi / beautiful women / women dancers and singers

tossing of billows

lovely

Northern Yan of the Sixteen Kingdoms (409-436)

proverb

"speech" or "words" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 149) / see also 言字旁

Yan Fu (1853-1921), influential Chinese writer and translator of Western books, esp. on social sciences

Yichuan county in Yan'an 延安, Shaanxi

Norman Bethune (1890-1939), Canadian doctor, worked for communists in Spanish civil war and for Mao in Yan'an, where he died of blood poisoning

Ganquan county in Yan'an 延安, Shaanxi

variant of 贗｜赝

false

Mo Yan (1955-), Chinese novelist, winner of 2012 Nobel Prize in Literature

Aaron Yan (1986-), Taiwanese singer

foment / valve

variant of 湮

Zhidan county in Yan'an 延安, Shaanxi

goat (archaic)

mole

surname Yan

to lie supine / to stop / to fall down

Yanchuan county in Yan'an 延安, Shaanxi